Coelatura horei

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

Coelatura horei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Coelatura
Species:	C. horei
Binomial name
Coelatura horei (E. A. Smith, 1880)[2]
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. Lange C. N., Ngereza C. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Coelatura horei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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.