Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774 )

Rapalai, Boikhutso Lerato, 2024, An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana, Indago: Investigating nature and humanity in Africa (Oxford, England) 41 (10), pp. 15-44 : 21

13. Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Distribution and year: Thamalakane River, near Maun 1984 ( Appleton & Curtis 2007); Upper panhandle, Okavango Delta 2000 ( Appleton et al. 2003); Maunachira Channel, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta 2000 ( Appleton et al. 2003); Boteti River N/A ( Connolly 1912; 1939); Limpopo River 2021 ( GBIF 2023 b).

Geographic range: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: Mussels previously referred to as Corbicula africana are now regarded conspecific with C. fluminalis (see Appleton & Miranda 2015). The species is ubiquitous across Southern African river systems ( Appleton & Curtis 2007).

Type locality: Euphrates River ( MÜller 1774) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 277; 1939: 619, both as C. africana ); van Bruggen (1966 a: 110, as C. africana ); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); Appleton & Curtis (2007: 56); Appleton & Miranda (2015: 136); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Least Concern.