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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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species Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847): specimens
10 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Nitia teretiuscula — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Van Damme et al. (2010), ..., Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024), Zieritz et al. (2024)
Unio teresciusculus — Van Damme & Pickford (2010)

Range: Widespread in the Nile and western Africa, perhaps including the Chad-Chari Basin.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Egypt
UMMZ_232482 Aberawash, West of Cairo, Egypt	UMMZ_232483 Sweet Water Canal, Egypt	UMMZ_232484 Nile River, Old Cairo, Egypt
UMMZ_232489 Egypt	MCZ_17039 Egypt	MCZ_74235 Nile River, Egypt
MCZ_109260 Nile River, Egypt	ANSP_366283 Upper Nile, Egypt	IRSNB_MP_0304 Canal Mahmoudie
IRSNB_MP_0305 Alexandrie	BMNH_41-4-28-195-198 Egypt	INHS_21570 Upper Egypt, Assuan Nile, opposite Elephantine Islands
IRSNB_MP_0912 Nubie	BMNH_1937-12-30-13153 El Faiyum, Egypt	USNM_637227 1 mi W Imbala, 5-7 mi NW Cairo, Giza Prov., Egypt; NAMRU-3
ZMB_MP_0400 Nubia	ZMB_4864 Nubien .....El-Ordeh..W Halfa	USNM_637230 Abu Rauwash, near Giza, Egypt
USNM_637231 Abu Rauwash, near Giza, Egypt	USNM_788496B Abu Rauwash, near Giza, Egypt	SMF_13549 Egypten
USNM_797920 Abu Rauwash, near Giza, Egypt	USNM_797951 SE and above Fostat, Egypt	USNM_605434 Bahr el Faraomijeh, NW of Menouf, Egypt
FMNH_21724 Nile River, Egypt	FMNH_49731 Abu Rauwash, near Giza, Egypt	CM_61.1503 Egypt
SMF_319203 Mittel ägyoten, Luxor Nil ...	SMF_319204 Mittel ägypten, Nag Hammadi	MNHN_MP_1039 Canal Mahmoudie
UMMZ_109589 Alexandria	SMF_83165 Nil. z. Katarak u. Insel Elephantine	UMMZ_109592 River Nile, Nubia, Egypt
UMMZ_109593 River Nile, S of first cataract	UMMZ_109594 R. Nile, Nubia, Africa	MNHN_MP_1042 Egypte
MRAC_531684 Garagos, Hte Egypte	UMMZ_109598 Alexandria	USNM_801995 Abu Rauwash, Giza, Egypt
ANSP_416305 Nile River, Warak Island, Cairo, Egypt
MCZ_MP_260 Nile River, Egypt
Nigeria
USNM_272926 Kaduna R., Wushishi, 11 mi S Zungeru, North Nigeria
Senegal
IRSNB_MP_0833 Senegal?
South Africa
UMMZ_22900 Natal
Sudan
MCZ_134113 Nile River, Fashoda, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	MCZ_75726 Khor Pini, near Mt. Miri, Amadi Rd., Equitoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	MCZ_52456 White Nile, Sennaar, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
MCZ_173051 near Mogran, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	MRAC_56270 Khartoum	USNM_126306 Sennaar, Nubia, Nile Lat. 14
IRSNB_MP_0306 Fachoda	IRSNB_MP_0312 Khartoum	MRAC_56406 Nil Blanc
IRSNB_MP_0846 Nil Blanc	MRAC_56410 S. Soudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1072-1081 near Mogran, S Sudan
BMNH_1923-6-8-1063-1068 Tawila, S Sudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1091-1095 Hillet-Abbas, S Sudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1096-1099 Ad-Duwem, S. Sudan
USNM_127180 White Nile	BMNH_1923-6-8-1069-1071 S of Melut, S Sudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1085-1090 Gebel En, S Sudan
BMNH_1923-6-8-1082-1084 Abba Island, S Sudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1100 Ad-Duwem, S. Sudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1061 Lul, S Sudan
BMNH_1923-6-8-1062 Masran Id., S Sudan	BMNH_1923-6-8-1057 Tawila, S Sudan	BMNH_1906-6-13-7-8 Omdurman
BMNH_1900-10-24-7 White Nile	BMNH_1903-11-10-1-3 Selabi, White Nile	BMNH_1923-6-8-1101-1102 Kosti, S Sudan
BMNH_MP_438 Tawila, White Nile	BMNH_1923-6-8-1059-1060 Gebel Ahmed, S Sudan	BMNH_65-1-3-15 from the Nile region between 3° to 14° N lat.
IRSNB_MP_2003 Fachoda	USNM_215188 White Nile, Gordon Tree, above Khartoum	USNM_215189 El Dueim, Sudan
USNM_215190 Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan	MCZ_289029 White Nile, Khartoum, Sudan	INHS_21571 Upper Nile
BMNH_1907-10-28-172 Sennaar	UMMZ_43319 Sennar, Blue Nile	ZMB_MP_0405 Nil Blanc
ZMB_MP_0402 Oberer Nil	ZMB_63815 S Sudan	ZMB_MP_0423 Senaar
ZMB_18788 Kaka, Weiper Nil	ZMB_19175 Gazellenfl.	SMF_1002 Abu Doleb [evtl. die ehemalige Missionsstation Doleib Hill, ca. 16 km S von Malakal], Bahr-el-Abiad [Bahr el-Abiad = Weißer Nil], Sudan
ZMB_4841 Weisse Nil	SMF_13546 Weisser Nil	SMF_13548 Ober-Egypten
SMF_13550 Weisser Nil	SMF_13551 Weisser Nil, bei Kartum	USNM_854666 Kaka, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
AMNH_30807 White Nile, Egypt	ZMB_77704 Khartum, Weiser Nil	ZMB_MP_0411 Africa, Nilus Albus ?
BMNH_1923-6-8-1219 near Mogran, S. Sudan	BMNH_1948-8-25-2 Tawila	MRAC_97716 Soudan, Bahr el Abiad
MRAC_97717 Soudan, Bahr el Abiad	MRAC_97719 Soudan, Bahr el Abiad	UMMZ_184038 Upper Nile
UMMZ_109591 White Nile	SMF_83166 Bahr el-Asrak, Aegypten	UMMZ_109595 White Nile
UMMZ_109596 Southern Sudan	UMMZ_109597 Fachoda	MNHN_MP_1043 Le Nil Blanc
MNHN_MP_1045 Fleuve Blanc	UMMZ_248932 White Nile River, 15 mi S of Kosti Bridge, receding water on E bank, Sudan
unknown
ZMB_MP_0448 N.S. Wales	ANSP_41738 Nile River	ANSP_41671 [no locality available - Africa]
IRSNB_MP_0303 Nil	IRSNB_MP_0832 Nil	IRSNB_MP_0844 Le Nil
MNHN_MP_1023 Le Nil	BMNH_76-6-8-116 Niger	BMNH_MP_437 Nile River
BMNH_MP_440 Nile River	BMNH_MP_441 Niger River	BMNH_MP_439 Nile River
BMNH_65-2-28-4 West Africa	MRAC_59263 Le Nil	IRSNB_MP_0891 Nil
BMNH_MP_477 Laufikia [locality illegible] ... NOT from Tanganyika	SMF_10393 Nil	SMF_13547 Nil
SMF_13552 [no locality available - Africa]	AMNH_30808 Africa	ZMB_MP_0412 Nil
INHS_27633 Le Nil (Nile River)	BMNH_67-1-9-2 Albert Nyanza	BMNH_99-12-7-32-34 Niger
UMMZ_109588 River Nile	CM_61.8876 ?	UMMZ_23755 [no locality available - Africa]
MNHN_MP_1044 Le Nil	ANSP_125770 Africa

Genbank Vouchers

Egypt

ANSP_416305-Ab (COI, 28S) Nile River, Warak Island, Cairo, Egypt

ANSP_416305-Ac (COI, 28S) Nile River, Warak Island, Cairo, Egypt

ANSP_416305-Aa (COI, 28S) Nile River, Warak Island, Cairo, Egypt

Uganda

UGSB_4846 (21550) (16S, 28S, H3) Uganda: Lake Victoria (0.22738 S 32.63422 E)

NCSM_29496 (COI, 16S, ND1, 28S, 18S)

UA_20993.1 (COI, 28S)

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