Coelatura kunenensis ( Mousson, 1888 )

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 : 20-21

10. Coelatura kunenensis ( Mousson, 1888)

Distribution and year: Thamalakane River, Maun [TMSA5565] 1930 ( Appleton 1979), 1973 ( Appleton 1979), 1976 ( Mandahl-Barth 1988), [BMSM44376] 1978 ( GBIF 2023 b), 1984 ( Appleton & Curtis 2007); Gadikwe Lagoon, Okavango Delta 2000 ( Appleton et al. 2003); Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta 2000 ( Appleton et al. 2003); Boro River, Okavango Delta [SMWN77019, SMWN77027] 1996 ( Appleton & Curtis 2007); Nxaraga Lagoon, Chief’s Island, Okavango Delta 1984 ( Appleton & Curtis 2007); Okavango and Boteti District, and in the salt pans of the Makgadikgadi brook N/A ( Connolly 1912; 1939); Savuti Channel, Okavango Delta [NCSM28194] 2003 ( GBIF 2023 b); Okavango River, approx. 3 km NE of Shakawe [NCSM35215] 2005 ( GBIF 2023 b); Chobe River, a few kilometres upstream of where Chobe River meets the Zambezi 2014 ( GBIF 2023 b); Okavango Delta 2018, 2019, 2020 ( GBIF 2023 b)

Geographic range: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: This is the commonest mussel species in its native range ( Appleton & Curtis 2007), occurring in fine sediments across rivers and lakes ( Kristensen et al. 2010 b).

Type locality: In Kunene River , Angola ( Mousson 1888) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 274; 1939: 612, both as Unio kunenensis ); van Bruggen (1966 a: 110, as U. kunenensis ); Appleton (1979: 154, as Caelatura kunenensis ); Mandahl-Barth (1988: 29); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); Appleton & Curtis (2007: 48); Graf & Cummings (2006: 186; 2023); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Least Concern.