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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia dahomeyensis

nominal species Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859

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Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 260, pl. 41, fig. 140.
(renamed Mutelina senegalica Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965167, Senegal.

= Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2011

+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — IUCN, 2010

+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Daget, 1998

+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Van Damme, 1984

+ Haas, 1969

= Aspatharia senegalensis (Lea, 1859) — Daget, 1962

= Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis Lea — Franc, 1949

+ Aspatharia (s.s.) dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Spatha (s.s.) dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914

= Spatha (s.s.) senegalensis Lea — Kobelt, 1910

+ Spatha (s.s.) dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900

+ Mutelina senegalica Bourg. — Jousseaume, 1886

= Margaron (Anodonta) senegalensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Anodon senegalensis (Lea, 1859) — Sowerby, 1867

 
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