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
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia
species Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858): specimens
6 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Aspatharia rugifera — Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Zieritz et al. (2015), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Range
Cameroon south to lowest Congo, Central Africa. Reported from the Cunene in southern Africa by Germain (1925), though no specimens are known.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
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Congo (Brazzaville)
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Congo (DRC)
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Gabon
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Senegal
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ANSP_4186.
UMMZ_80792.
Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.