MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia rubens
nominal species Anodonta arcuata ‘Cailliaud’ of Authors
Anodonta arcuata ‘Cailliaud’ of Authors = Chambardia rubens
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 97.
+ Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] (Cailliaud, 1823) — Daget, 1998: 113.
+ Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] von Martens — Pallary, 1909: 83, text fig. 4.
