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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Daget (1962): summary

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Full Citation

Daget, J. 1962. Note sur les Aspatharia (Mutelidae) de l’Ouest africain. Journal de Conchyliologie 102: 16-43.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

specimen image from publicationDaget, 1962. J. de Conch. 102: 25, figs. 14-15.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 101.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0261, Boussa, Nigeria.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1834)

Aspatharia complanata (Jousseaume, 1886) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)

Aspatharia mabillei (Jousseaume, 1886) = Aspatharia pangallensis

Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Aspatharia pangallensis (Rochebrune, 1882)

Aspatharia rochebrunei (Jousseaume, 1886)

Aspatharia senegalensis (Lea, 1859) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Aspatharia tawaii (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia chaiziana

Aspatharia tristis (Jousseaume, 1886) = Aspatharia rochebrunei

 
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