FMNH 52383

FM Catalog: Invertebrate Zoology
Catalog Subset: Molluscan
Scientific Name: Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Iridinidae
Genus: Pleiodon
Species: spekii
Field #: EH-52383
Collector: Explor. Hydrobiol. Lake Tanganika
Geography: Africa, Tanganyika [Tanzania]: Msamba, Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa
DWc Country: Tanganyika [Tanzania]
Date Collected: 1946
Preparation Type: unknown > 70% EtOH
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 1
Preservation: unknown > 70% EtOH
EMu IRN: 566407
OccurenceID: f8e4c679-2e78-4444-bcaa-c0830bc26606
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