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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae

genus Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886: synonymy

11 Recent freshwater species (11 total species)

Synonymy

Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838)
Type species: Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Aspatharia rugifera

Asphataria Rochebrune & Germain, 1904

Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 24.
(error for Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859 = Aspatharia rugifera

Aspatheria Crowley, 1964

Crowley, 1964. J. of Conch. 25: ??.
(error for Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859 = Aspatharia rugifera

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Aspatharia, since 1900.

Spatha (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Germain (1925)
SpathaSimpson (1900), Pallary (1903), Germain (1907), Pallary (1909), Ortmann (1910), Frierson (1913), Simpson (1914), Pallary (1924)
GlabarisSimpson (1900)
AnodontaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Spatha (Spathella)Kobelt (1904)
MutelinaGermain (1907)
LeptospathaPallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spatha (Leptospatha)Kobelt (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.)Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1936), Connolly (1939), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Crowley et al. (1964), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1936), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
AspathariaClench (1929), Connolly (1931), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), Daget (1962), ... Smith (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Akindele et al. (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024), Chen et al. (2025)
MutelaFranc (1949), Van Damme (1984)
SpathopsisVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
ChambardiaDaget (1998), Bolotov et al. (2024)

 
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