Pseudospatha
| Pseudospatha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pseudospatha Simpson, 1900 |
| Species: | P. tanganyicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
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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]
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
- ^ a b c d Graf D. L. (2008). Pseudospatha tanganyicensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 28 August 2011.
- ^ a b 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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