Coelatura ratidota

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

Coelatura ratidota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Coelatura
Species:
C. ratidota
Binomial name
Coelatura ratidota
(Charmes, 1885)

This species is found in Africa, in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers.

References

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


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