original description(ofBurtonia carrei Putzeys, 1899)Putzeys, S. (1899). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'état indépendant du Congo. <em>Annales de la Societe Royal Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 33: 22-25, 82-85 [published 15 December 1899; see Breure & Backhuys, 2021: 141]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41174391 page(s): 25, text fig. 16 [details]
basis of recordGraf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5 page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceGraf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online athttp://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Africa, Malebo Pool, Congo [details] Type locality Africa, Gancini (Congo) [details]