Publication Van Damme (1984): taxonomic opinions

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Complete Citation

Van Damme, D. 1984. The Freshwater Mollusca of Northern Africa: Distribution, Biogeography and Palaeoecology, Developments in Hydrobiology (25). 164 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870
+ Anodonta numidica Bourguignat, 1864

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta lucasii Deshayes, 1847
+ Anodonta embia Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) pallaryi Bédé, 1932
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) theryi Bédé, 1932

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia droueti
+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835
+ Spatha pangallensis Rochebrune, 1882
+ Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) stuhlmanni variété comoensis Germain, 1908
+ Spatha tristis Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha mabillei Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia pangallensis

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962
+ Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904
+ Spatha semicorrugata Preston, 1909
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Mutela sarae Preston, 1913
+ Anodon subreniformis Sowerby, 1867
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Chambardia flava

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia subreniformis

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio (Grandidieria) tsadianus Martens, 1903
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906
+ Unio decampsianus Wattebled, 1884
+ Reneus fouladougouensis Jousseaume, 1886
+ Unio juliani Rang, 1835
+ Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848
+ Caelatura parreyssia var. petrini Gardner, 1932
+ Reneus faidherbei Jousseaume, 1886

Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca bakeri (Adams, H., 1866) = Coelatura bakeri

Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) = Coelatura horei

Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura stuhlmanni

Coelatura (Nitia) teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847) = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Unio (Nodularia) gaillardi Germain, 1909

Coelatura (Nitia) teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847) = Pilsbryoconcha carinifera

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus
+ Margaritana redomica Pallary, 1923
+ Margaritana dernaica Pallary, 1928

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823
+ Mutela angustata var. curta Germain, 1906
+ Mutelina complanata var. curta Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina complanata var. abbreviata Germain, 1907
+ Spatha (Mutela) plicata ‘Parreyss in collect.’ Martens, 1866
+ Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924
+ Mutela nilotica var. emini Martens, 1897
+ Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868
+ Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
+ Iridina elongata G.B. Sowerby, 1821
+ Iridina striata Swainson, 1823
+ Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906
+ Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906
+ Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909
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Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela mabilli

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutela franci (Daget, 1964)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela dubia
+ Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutela (s.s.) langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948
+ Mutelina joubini Germain, 1904
+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mutelina mabillei var. gaillardi Germain, 1909
+ Mutelina mabillei [sic] var. frasi Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924
+ Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela mabilli

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela legumen

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela joubini

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela langi

Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) = Potomida littoralis

Psilunio littoralis fellmanni (DeShayes, 1848) = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio ksibianus Mousson, 1873
+ Unio marteli Pallary, 1918
+ Rhombunio asananus Pallary, 1928
+ Unio rhomboideus Bourguignat, 1864
+ Unio batavus Bourguignat, 1864
+ Unio maccarthyanus Bourguignat, 1866
+ Unio mauritanicus Bourguignat, 1868
+ Unio jolyi Kobelt, 1886
+ Unio zenaticus Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio rouirei Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887

Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] (Cailliaud, 1823) = Chambardia rubens
+ Anodonta anataria Cristofori & Jan, 1832
+ Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866
+ Spatha lepsii Jickeli, 1874

Spathopsis rubens rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens
+ Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826
+ Anodonta splendens Cristofori in Cristofori & Jan, 1832
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839
+ Spatha baikii H. Adams, 1866
+ Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886
+ Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904
+ Mitriodon martini Rochebrune, 1904
+ Spatha rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907
+ Spatha adansoni var. major Germain, 1917
+ Spatha renei var. compressa Germain, 1907

Spathopsis rubens rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spathopsis wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Aspatharia marnoi
+ Spatha marnoi Jickeli, 1874
+ Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
+ Spathella bozasi Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
+ Spathella fourtaui Pallary, 1903

Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spathopsis wahlbergi letourneuxi (Bourguignat in Servain, 1890) = Chambardia letourneuxi

Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula (Sowerby, 1867) = Chambardia wahlbergi
+ Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906
+ Spatha bourguignati var. major Germain, 1906

Spathopsis wissmanni (von Martens, 1883) = Chambardia rubens
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Mitriodon falemeensis Rochebrune, 1904
+ Mitriodon heudeloti Rochebrune, 1904

Spathopsis wissmanni (von Martens, 1883) = Chambardia wissmanni

Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866
+ Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886
+ Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Unio willcocksi Newton, 1899
+ Unio vignardi Pallary, 1924

Unio elongatulus Pfeiffer, C., 1825

Unio elongatulus dembeae Sowerby, 1825 [sic] = Unio dembeae
+ Unio aeneus Jickeli, 1874
+ Unio jickelii Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio ilqi ‘Soleillet, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio meneliki Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio traversii Pollonera, 1888
+ Unio cilicicus var. jenematensis de Angelis & Millosevic, 1900
+ Unio (Nodularia) erlangeri Kobelt, 1910

Unio elongatulus durieui DeShayes, 1847 = Unio gibbus
+ Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio pictorum Bourguignat, 1864
+ Unio (Limnium) subpictorum Pallary, 1936
+ Unio sitifensis Morelet, 1851
+ Unio tafnanus ‘Debeaux in litteris’ Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio ravoisieri var. isserica Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio (Limnium) seurati Pallary, 1936
+ Unio letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1864
+ Unio cirtanus Bourguignat, 1862
+ Unio doumeti Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio delevieleusae Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio tetuanensis Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio (Limnium) foucauldiana Pallary, 1936

Unio elongatulus durieui DeShayes, 1847 = Unio ravoisieri

Unio elongatulus durieui DeShayes, 1847 = Unio durieui

Unio elongatulus durieui DeShayes, 1847 = Unio foucauldianus