Coelatura gabonensis

Coelatura gabonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Unionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Palaeoheterodonta Ordo: Unionida Superfamilia: Unionoidea

Familia: Unionidae
Subfamilia: Ambleminae
Genus: Coelatura
Species: Coelatura gabonensis

Name

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

Synonyms

• Caeletura elegans (Rochebrune, 1886)
• Caelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Caelatura stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
• Unio gabonensis Küster, 1862
• Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891
• Unio putzeysi Preston, 1912
• Unio roubaudi Germain, 1907
• Unio subnigra Preston, 1909
• Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
• Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
• Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886
• Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886

Distribution

Central Africa

• Congo basin
  • Angola, QQ1009, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN)

References

• Küster, H.C. 1839-1862. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Bd 9(2): 1-318, pls 1-100, 18*. Published in parts: pls 6, 10-11 (1839); pls 14-16 (1842); 1-40, pls 1-2, 5, 7, 13-25 (1848); 41-64, pls 8, 9, 12, 17, 23-24 (1852); 65-88, pls 18-22, 18* (1853); 89-120, pls 27-32 (1854); 121-136, pls 33-44 (1855); 137-160, pls 45-54 (1856); pls 61-66 (1857); pls 55-60, 67-71, 77 (1860); 161-256, pls 72-76, 78-83, 85-88 (1861); 257-318, pls 84, 89-100 (1862) (BHL). Reference page. , page: 291, pl. 97, fig. 7.
• Rochebrune A.T. de, 1886. Sur quelques lamellibranches nouveaux provenant du Congo & de ses tributaires. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France. 3: 1-14, pl. 1.
• Pilsbry, H.A., Bequaert, J.C., Lang, H. & Chapin, J.P. 1927. The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo. With a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53(2): 69–659. hdl: 2246/975 . Reference page. 
• Mandahl-Barth G., 1988. Studies on african freshwater bivalves. Publ. Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory: 161 p., 410 figs. (PDF).
• Daget J., 1998. Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains., IRD Editions - 329 pages (Google books).

Links

• Caeletura elegans - africamuseum.be
• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Coelatura gabonensis – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Coelatura gabonensis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Coelatura gabonensis – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Coelatura gabonensis – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Coelatura gabonensis in the World Register of Marine Species

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