Pseudospatha_tanganyicensis

<i>Pseudospatha</i>

Pseudospatha

Genus of bivalves

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is the only species in the genus Pseudospatha.[2]

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This species is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] It is common and widespread in the lake.[1]

Pseudospatha is one of three monotypic genera of freshwater mussel that are endemic to Lake Tanganyika, the others being Brazzaea and Grandidieria.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Graf, D.L. (2010). "Pseudospatha tanganyicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44234A10877744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44234A10877744.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Seddon, M.; Appleton, C.; Van Damme, D.; Graf, D. (2011). Darwall, W.; Smith, K.; Allen, D.; Holland, R.; Harrison, I.; Brooks, E. (eds.). "Freshwater molluscs of Africa: diversity, distribution, and conservation". The Diversity of Life in African Freshwaters: Under Water, Under Threat. An Analysis of the Status and Distribution of Freshwater Species Throughout Mainland Africa. IUCN: 92–119. ISBN 978-2831713458.


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