Publication Graf & Cummings (2011): summary

Full Citation

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2011. Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. Hydrobiologia 678: 17-36 + supplemental material. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio martelli ‘Pallary’ of Authors = Potomida littoralis

‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 276.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 85.
Graf & Cummings, 2011. Hydrobiologia 678: [3].
(error for Unio marteli Pallary, 1918)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) gruveli Perès, 1938

+ Anodonta tunizana Morelet, 1864

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) pallaryi Bédé, 1932

+ Anodonta lucasii Deshayes, 1847

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia chaiziana + Aspatharia rochebrunei

+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835

+ Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907

+ Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)

+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962

+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859

+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904

Aspatharia divaricata (von Martens, 1897)

There are 171 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Aspatharia mabillei (Jousseaume, 1886) = Aspatharia pangallensis

+ Spatha pangallensis Rochebrune, 1882

Aspatharia marnoi (Jickeli, 1874)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886

+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897

+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913

+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883

+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898

Aspatharia rochebrunei (Jousseaume, 1886)

+ Spatha tristis Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858)

+ Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910

Aspatharia semicorrugata (Preston, 1909) = Aspatharia ganciniensis

+ Spatha ganciniensis Rochebrune, 1886

+ Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1885

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer

+ Unio charon Preston, 1910

+ Unio mashonae Preston, 1910

+ Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885

+ Unio natalensis Lea, 1864

Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1885)

+ Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889

+ Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889

Chambardia dautzenbergi (Haas, 1936) = Chambardia flava

+ Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Chambardia letourneuxi Bourg. in Servain, 1890

Chambardia moutai (Dartevelle, 1939)

Chambardia petersi (von Martens, 1860)

Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)

+ Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904

+ Mitriodon falemeensis Rochebrune, 1904

+ Spatha rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907

Chambardia trapezia (von Martens, 1897)

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

+ Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886

+ Anodon tabula Sowerby, 1867

+ Spathella bozasi Rochebrune & Germain, 1904

+ Spatha haasi Pilsbry, 1923

+ Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894

+ Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897

+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864

Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1868)

Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)

+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886

+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881)

+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

+ Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886

+ Unio mandinguorum Rochebrune, 1882

+ Unio (Nodularia) nguigmiensis Germain, 1909

+ Nodularia parreyssi var. elongata Longstaff, 1914

+ Nodularia (Caelatura) sobaensis Preston, 1914

+ Unio bourguignati Landrin, 1864

Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)

Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)

Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1910)

Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Coelatura essoensis (Chaper, 1885)

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)

Coelatura hypsiprymna (von Martens, 1897)

Coelatura kipopoensis (Mandahl-Barth, 1968)

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) = Coelatura kunenensis + Leoparreysia tavoyensis

+ Nodularia croninae Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)

+ Caelatura graueri Haas, 1927

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)

Coelatura luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)

Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)

+ Unio shireensis Preston, 1910

+ Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)

+ Unio ambifarius Martens, 1897

Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura disciformis

+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)

Coelatura stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

+ Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880

+ Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880

+ Aetheria bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Germainaia geayi (Germain, 1911)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)

+ Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852

Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1885

+ Moncetia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)

Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909

Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885

+ Mutela bourguignati var. truncata Martens, 1897

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

+ Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907

+ Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906

+ Mutela nilotica var. emini Martens, 1897

+ Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823

+ Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924

+ Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904

+ Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela franci Daget, 1964

Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908

Mutela joubini (Germain, 1904)

Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)

+ Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898

Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)

+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

+ Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924

+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885

Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988

Nitia acuminata (H. Adams, 1866)

Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)

Nitia mutelaeformis (Germain, 1906)

Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)

+ Pliodon elongatus Bourguignat, 1879

Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

+ Unio marteli Pallary, 1918

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880)

Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus + Unio durieui + Unio elongatulus + Unio dembeae

+ Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847

+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825

+ Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, 1885

Unio ravoisieri DeShayes, 1848