original description
(of Unio mossambicensis E. von Martens, 1860) Martens, E. von. (1860). Verzeichniss der von Prof. Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Land- und Susswasser-Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blatter.</em> 6: 211-221 [1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014305#page/483/
page(s): 218 [details]
original description
(of Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925) Connolly, M. (1925). New and little known South African Naiades. Records of the Albany Museum, 3 (4): 261-267, pl. 11-12. Grahamstown [6 March].
page(s): 265, pl. 12, figs 1, 4. [details]
original description
(of Unio shireensis Preston, 1910) Preston, H.B. (1910). Further additions to the molluscan fauna of Central Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 6 (31): 58-64, pl. 4-5. London. [1 July].
page(s): 61, pl. 4, fig. 11. [details]
original description
(of Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894) Ancey, C-F. (1894). Résultat des recherches malacologiques de Mgr Lechaptois sur les bords du lac Nyassa et de la rivière Shiré. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 7: 217–234., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36340880
page(s): 228, fig. 3. [details]
original description
(of Unio lechaptoisi var. minor E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. In: Möbius, K.: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 4: i-v + 1-308. Berlin [Dietrich Reimer]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12943#/summary
page(s): 227. [details]
original description
(of Unio liederi E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. In: Möbius, K.: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 4: i-v + 1-308. Berlin [Dietrich Reimer]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12943#/summary
page(s): 226, pl. 7, fig. 19. [details]
original description
(of Unio borellii Ancey, 1894) Ancey, C-F. (1894). Résultat des recherches malacologiques de Mgr Lechaptois sur les bords du lac Nyassa et de la rivière Shiré. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 7: 217–234., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36340880
page(s): 226-227, fig. 2. [details]
basis of record
Daget J. (1998). <i>Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains</i>. 329 pp. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. , available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-12/010016420.pdf
page(s): 63 [details]
additional source
Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Widespread from Tanzania south to Mozambique; up the Zambezi as far as Lake Kariba, Africa [details]