Coelatura horei

Coelatura horei is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Coelatura horei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Coelatura
Species:
C. horei
Binomial name
Coelatura horei
Synonyms[1]
  • Unio Horei E. A. Smith, 1880[2]
  • Unio bohmi von Martens, 1897
  • Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1885
  • Unio charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
  • Unio gereti Preston, 1910
  • Unio gerrardi von Martens, 1897
  • Unio randibeli Bourguignat, 1886

This species is found in Africa, in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1]

References
  1. Graf, D.L. (2010). "Coelatura horei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44233A10877296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44233A10877296.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430.


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