Coelatura alluaudi

Coelatura alluaudi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Unionoida
Family:Unionidae
Genus:Coelatura
Species: C. alluaudi
Binomial name
Coelatura alluaudi
(Dautzenberg, 1908)

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

This species is found in Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

  1. Lange, C.N. & Ngereza, C. 2004. Coelatura alluaudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.


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