Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Unio rothschildi Neuville & Anthony, 1906

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1980's (Van Damme, 2016)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution

Lake Turkana, Kenya (northern)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.

Van Damme, D. (2016). Coelatura rothschildi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T98179041A98179088. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T98179041A98179088.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2018.

Graf, Daniel L. and Cummings, Kevin S. (2021). A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87(1): eyaa034.

Mandahl-Barth, G. (1988). Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves. Charlottenlund, Denmark: Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory.

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