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Unio abyssinicus E. von Martens, 1866
1349012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1349012)
accepted
Species
Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio schweinfurthi E. von Martens, 1886 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio willcocksi R. B. Newton, 1899 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent + fossil
Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber einige afrikanische Binnenconchylien. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 13: 91–110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855714
page(s): 102 [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
Note Ethiopia, Lake Tana
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Type locality Ethiopia, Lake Tana [details]
Distribution Lake Tana, Ethiopia and as a subfossil in the Nile, northeastern Africa
Distribution Lake Tana, Ethiopia and as a subfossil in the Nile, northeastern Africa [details]
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original description
Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber einige afrikanische Binnenconchylien. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 13: 91–110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855714
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Unio schweinfurthi E. von Martens, 1886 †) Martens, E. von. (1886). Vorzeigungen von Schweinfurth gesammelter subfossiler Süsswasser-Conchylien aus Aegyptien. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1886: 126–129 [19 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7794222
page(s): 127. [details]
original description (of Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 †) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1867). Ueber einige Muscheln des oberen Nilgebietes. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 14: 17-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855818
page(s): 17-19 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 102. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 88. [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]
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Unio schweinfurthi E. von Martens, 1886 †) Martens, E. von. (1886). Vorzeigungen von Schweinfurth gesammelter subfossiler Süsswasser-Conchylien aus Aegyptien. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1886: 126–129 [19 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7794222
page(s): 127. [details]
original description (of Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 †) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Martens, E. von. (1867). Ueber einige Muscheln des oberen Nilgebietes. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 14: 17-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855818
page(s): 17-19 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 102. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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): 88. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
