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Publication Mandahl-Barth (1968): summary

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Mandahl-Barth, G. 1968. Mollusques d’Eau Douce / Freshwater Molluscs. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Bassin di Lac Bangweolo et du Luapula 12: 1-97.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Caelatura Conrad, 1853

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Attributed Nominal Species

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Caelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968 = Coelatura kipopoensis

Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 54, pl. 3, fig. 1; pl. 10, figs. 9-10.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 29, figs. 134-135.
Type(s): TOPOTYPE MRAC_797303, Zaire: Lac de barrage de la Kipopo.

Aspatharia rubens Leloup, 1950 = Chambardia wissmanni

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 83, pl. 5, fig. 1. [in part]
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 56, pl. 11, fig. 3. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968 = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 53, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 10, fig. 6.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 28, fig. 109.

Aspatharia wahlbergi Mandahl-Barth, 1968 = Chambardia flava

‘Krauss’ Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: ??.
(misidentified reference to Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia flava
+ Spatha wissmanni Martens, 1883
+ Aspatharia luapulaensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835
+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergi Haas, 1936

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Aspatharia chaiziana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia wissmanni

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Caelatura [sic] choziensis (Preston, 1910) = Coelatura choziensis
+ Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936

Caelatura [sic] kipopoensis (Mandahl-Barth, 1968) = Coelatura kipopoensis

Caelatura [sic] luapulaensis (Preston, 1913) = Coelatura luapulaensis
+ Caelatura choziensis luapulaensis Haas, 1936

Caelatura [sic] luapulaensis (Preston, 1913) = Coelatura kipopoensis

Caelatura [sic] mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura mesafricana
+ Mesafra mesafricana stappersi Haas, 1936

Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Caelatura [sic] schoutedeni Haas, 1936 = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Caelatura [sic] symoensi (Mandahl-Barth, 1968) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Corbicula africana (Krauss) = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846

Corbicula africana (Krauss)

Corbicula rosini (Haas) = Corbicula astartina

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)

Mutela hargeri hargeri Smith, E.A., 1908 = Mutela hargeri

Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936 = Mutela hargeri

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
+ Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948

Pisidium kenianum Preston = Euglesa keniana

Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby = Euglesa langleyana

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli = Euglesa pirothi

Pisidium viridarium Kuiper = Euglesa viridaria

Prisodontopsis johnstoni (Smith, E.A., 1893) = Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis

Sphaerium bangweolicum (Haas) = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium bequaerti (Dautzenberg & Germain)
+ Sphaerium stuhlmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Sphaerium hartmanni var. congicum Haas, 1936

Sphaerium capense (Krauss)

Sphaerium incomitatum (Kuiper)

 
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