Aspatharia divaricata

Taxobox
name = "Aspatharia divaricata"


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Mutelidae
genus = "Aspatharia"
species = "A. divaricata"
binomial = "Aspatharia divaricata"
binomial_authority = (Martens, 1897)
synonyms =

"Aspatharia divaricata" is a speciesof freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Mutelidae.

It is a vulnerable species.

Distribution

This species is found in Tanzania and Uganda, Africa.

Habitat

This mussel lives in freshwater lakes.

References

* Lange, C.N. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/44265/all Aspatharia divaricata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 06 August 2007.