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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae

genus Chambardia Bourguignat in Servain, 1890: species

6 available nominal genus synonyms (8 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia bourguignati

Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1886)

syonymy (7 available, 9 total) | specimens (43)

Range: Lake Victoria Basin and adjacent streams, Africa. Also coastal streams in Tanzania. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia flava

Chambardia flava (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (68)

Range: Upper Congo, including Lake Bangweulu, DRC and Zambia, Africa. (Afrotropics)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia letourneuxi

Chambardia letourneuxi Bourguignat in Servain, 1890

syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (10)

Range: Known only from the lower Nile, Egypt. Possibly extinct. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Extinct
other links: MolluscaBase

Chambardia moutai (Dartevelle, 1939)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (22)

Range: Known only from the Cunene River, Angola. (Afrotropics)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia nyassaensis

Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

syonymy (6 available, 6 total) | specimens (38)

Range: Disjunct in both Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika, Malawi, Tanzania, and the DRC. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia petersi

Chambardia petersi (Martens, 1860)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (18)

Range: Zambezi River, south to Transvaal, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia rubens

Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)

syonymy (16 available, 40 total) | specimens (281 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: From Senegal and Niger rivers, through the Lake Chad Basin to the Nile, Africa. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: COI, COII, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia trapezia

Chambardia trapezia (Martens, 1897)

syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (45)

Range: Lake Victoria, Lake Albert and the Victoria Nile, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

syonymy (18 available, 23 total) | specimens (255 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Widespread from southern Africa north to the Nile and west to Senegal, with several disjunct populations recognized as subspecies. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Chambardia welwitschii

Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1868)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (13)

Range: Cuanza Basin and Upper Zambezi, Angola and Zambia. (Afrotropics)

other links: MolluscaBase

Chambardia wissmanni (Martens, 1883)

syonymy (4 available, 8 total) | specimens (158)

Range: From the Niger River to the Congo, western and Central Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Chambardia triangulata (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene, Africa.

other links: MolluscaBase

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