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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 abyssinicus Martens, 1866: specimens
     8 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Unio abyssinicusGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range: Lake Tana, Ethiopia and as a subfossil in the Nile, northeastern Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Egypt

specimen
BMNH_1937-12-30-13069

Tamieh Bank, Faiyum, E.W.G.

specimen
ZMB_66042

Edward Bank, Fayum

 

Ethiopia

specimen
ZMB_8590

Sudl. Abyssinien

specimen
ZMB_9736

Tsana See

specimen
MNHN_MP_1036

Lac Azana, Abyssine


Sudan

specimen
BMNH_99-120-2-8-207

White Nile, 25 miles south of Duiem

specimen
USNM_426720

Kaka, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

 

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