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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 | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura

species Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860): specimens
     10 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Coelatura mossambicensisGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf et al. (2014), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range: Widespread from Tanzania south to Mozambique and Malawi; up the Zambezi as far as Lake Kariba.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Malawi

specimen
BMNH_1910-9-28-6-8

Lilongwe, British Central Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0762

Lac Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_56743

Silongwe British Central Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0780

Lac Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_793219

Nyassaland: Lac Nyassa Lake Bed Eccles Point Nkato Bay

specimen
UMMZ_110493

Silongue, British Central Africa

specimen
MRAC_56280

Lac Nyassa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0861

Shire River, Nyasa

specimen
MRAC_56554

Lac Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_56555

Lac Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_64-1-8-32

Lake Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_56594

River Shire 3-4 km from Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_1905-6-19-17

Lower Shire River, near Port Herald, Rhodesia

specimen
BMNH_1905-6-19-18

Lower Shire River, near Port Herald, Rhodesia

 

Mozambique

specimen
SMF_3547

Tette, unterer [lower] Zambesi, Mossambique

specimen
SMF_10384

Cheringoma Farm Station, Inhaminga der TZR (Trans Zambesian Railway) von Beira nach Caio etwa 100 k sudl d. Sambesi u. 175 km von der Kuste von Mozambique, Port O. Afrika

specimen
MRAC_56760

Angoniland

specimen
ZMB_4654A

Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi

specimen
ZMB_4654B

Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi

specimen
MNHN_MP_1447

Chamba sur le Zambese

specimen
UMMZ_109605

Mosambique, Africa

   

South Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0760

Sabie-River bei Lower Sabie-Camp, Kruger Park, Ost-Transvaal

specimen
SMF_3545

Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal

specimen
SMF_10382

Ufertümpel des Sabie Rivers bei Lower Sabie Camp, Transvaal

specimen
SMF_10383

Ufertümpel des Sabie Rivers bei Lower Sabie Camp, Transvaal

specimen
SMF_3546

Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal

specimen
SMF_13492

Ufertümpel des Sabie-Rivers bei Lower Sabie Camp, Ost-Transvaal

specimen
SMF_13493

... Sabie-Gebiet, 20 km n.v. Satara b. Mabonis George’s Kraal, Ost-Transvaal

specimen
SMF_13494

Gr. Letaba-River bei Letaba-Camp, Ost-Transvaal

specimen
SMF_13495

Sandbanke im Sabie-River bei Lower Sabie-Camp, Ost-Transvaal

specimen
MRAC_59158

E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp

specimen
BMNH_1926-7-7-8

Premier Mine, Pretoria, South Africa

specimen
BMNH_37-12-30-128

Premier Mine, Pretoria, South Africa

specimen
FMNH_114661

Sabie River, at Lower Sabie Camp, Kruger-Park, Transvaal

specimen
MRAC_59142

E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp

specimen
MRAC_59146

E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp

specimen
MRAC_59150_02

E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp

specimen
MRAC_59154

E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp

 

Tanzania

specimen
BMNH_93-8-23-73

Tumbu, Itawa, S.W. Tanganyika

specimen
MCZ_MP.258

Ruvu River, Dar-es-Salaam, Morogoro Road, 5 mi WNW Mlandizi, Eastern Province, Tanganyika [Tanzania]

specimen
ZMB_52873B

Langenburg, Njassa See

specimen
SMF_5014

Nyassa See Mbampa Bai bei Ameliaburg

specimen
SMF_9670

Mpampa Bucht [Bay], Nyassa See

specimen
BMNH_MP_397

Lake Rukwa, Tanganyika Territory

specimen
SMF_13497

Nyassa-See, Mbambpa bei Amelia

specimen
ZMB_104815

Tansania, Nyassa, Mbampa Bay

specimen
ZMB_104817

Tansania, Rukwasee

specimen
ZMB_104818

Tansania, Nyassa, Manda Bucht

specimen
ZMB_104820

Tansania, Malawisee, Mbampa Bay

specimen
ZMB_104813

Ulanga, oberes Rufidschi Gebiet, Tansania, Ruaha River

specimen
ZMB_104814

Tansania, Nyassa, Mbampa Bay, Lake Malawi

specimen
ZMB_104816

Mbampa Bay

specimen
MCZ_260507

Ruvu River, Dar-es-Salaam, Morogoro Road, 5 mi WNW Mlandizi, Eastern Province, Tanganyika [Tanzania]

specimen
ZMB_111745

Rukwa

specimen
MCZ_MP.257

Ruvu River, Dar-es-Salaam, Morogoro Road, 5 mi WNW Mlandizi, Eastern Province, Tanganyika [Tanzania]

 

Zambia

specimen
UMMZ_110509

Luangwa, Zambezi Basin, East Africa

specimen
UMMZ_110517

Luangwa Basin, Zambeze, East Africa

specimen
ANSP_419409

Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia

specimen
ANSP_416282

Lake Kariba, Sinazongwe at fisheries station, Zambia

specimen
ANSP_416283

Lake Kariba, Sinazongwe at fisheries station, Zambia

specimen
ANSP_416280

Lake Kariba, Siavonga at Manchinchi Beach Hotel, Zambia

specimen
ANSP_419405

Siamombo River, on the Sinazongwe-Mamba Rd., Zambia

specimen
ANSP_416285

Lake Kariba, Sinazongwe at “The Chalets,” Zambia

specimen
ANSP_419407

Lake Kariba, “Old Harbor” near Kariba Bush Camp, Siansowa, Zambia

specimen
ANSP_413310

Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia

specimen
BMNH_1947-8-18-4-6

Luangwa River, Zungwala, Mpika Dist., N. Rhodesia

specimen
INHS_30872

Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia


Zimbabwe

specimen
MRAC_796901

Rhodesia: Zambezi River N. of Chikomba River

   

unknown

specimen
BMNH_84-2-9-8-8

Zambesi River, near “Mazzara” [unknown locality]

   

Genbank Vouchers

 

UGSB_15870 (21856) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3)

UGSB_15538 (21568) (COI, 16S, 28S)

UGSB_17434 (22933) (COI, 16S)

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