MUSSELpdb

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.

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)
+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835
+ Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907
+ Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904

Aspatharia divaricata (von Martens, 1897)

Aspatharia droueti (Chaper, 1885)
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) stuhlmanni variété comoensis Germain, 1908

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 nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

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 gabonensis (Küster, 1862) = Coelatura mesafricana
+ Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) = Coelatura stanleyvillensis

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)

Coelatura hypsiprymna (von Martens, 1897)

Coelatura kipopoensis (Mandahl-Barth, 1968)

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Nodularia croninae Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

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

Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus

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