MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Unio abyssinicus specimens

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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 Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866: specimens
8 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Unio abyssinicus — Graf & 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
BMNH_1937-12-30-13069 Tamieh Bank, Faiyum, E.W.G.	ZMB_66042 Edward Bank, Fayum
Ethiopia
ZMB_8590 Sudl. Abyssinien	ZMB_9736 Tsana See	MNHN_MP_1036 Lac Azana, Abyssine
Sudan
BMNH_99-120-2-8-207 White Nile, 25 miles south of Duiem	USNM_426720 Kaka, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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