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Page last updated
Thu 21 Mar 2024

The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865: specimens
     20 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Unio mancusGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Unio dembeaeVan Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range: The Nile and Lake Turkana basins in northeastern Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_1021

Egypte

   

Eritrea

specimen
MRAC_792114

Eritrea, 13 mi miles NW of Sordo

   

Ethiopia

specimen
MNHN_MP_0154

Lac Haoussa

specimen
MNHN_MP_0158

Bords du lac Haoussa, voyage au Choa

specimen
BMNH_MP_505

Awash River, flood debris

specimen
MNHN_MP_1029

Lac Azana, Abyssine

specimen
MNHN_MP_1047

lac Haoussa

specimen
MNHN_MP_0126

lac Haouach, Choa

specimen
MNHN_MP_1053

Lac Haoussa, Abyssinie

specimen
MNHN_MP_0344

dans le Guebe, affluente l’Oromo (Choa)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0105

Lac Haoussa


Kenya

specimen
MNHN_MP_1022

lac Abhe ....

   

Sudan

specimen
MNHN_MP_1033

Fleuve Blanc

   

unknown

specimen
MNHN_MP_1028

Nil

   

Page updated: 11:18:19 Thu 21 Mar 2024

 
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