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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia

species Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858): synonymy

77 specimens

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Anodonta rugifera Dunker, 1858

Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 225.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108726, Gabon flumen Como.

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoniana [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic]Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugiferaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia rugata [sic]Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia rugiferaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), 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)

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Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859

specimen image from publicationBernardi, 1859. J. de Conch. 7: 302, pl. 10, fig. 1.
(renamed Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0315, River Como, Haut Gabon.

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoniana [sic]Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic]Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugiferaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia vignouanaThiele (1934)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia rugiferaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Anodonta vignonana Musgrave, 1863

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Musgrave, 1863. Phot. Conch. of Conch. Misc. Hanley: pl. 1, fig. 1.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 25, sp. 120; errata [changed to ‘vignouanus’].
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 29, sp. 116.
Ancey, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 74, footnote.
(error for Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859)

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoniana [sic]Simpson (1900)
Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic]Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugiferaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia rugiferaDaget (1998)

Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888

Ancey, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 74.
(new name for Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859)

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoniana [sic]Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic]Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugiferaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia rugiferaDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010)

Margaritana vignoniana Paetel, 1890

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 174.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 902.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1347.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 84.
(error for Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859)

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic]Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugiferaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia rugiferaDaget (1998)

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Spatha corrugata Dautzenberg, 1893

specimen image from publicationDautzenberg, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 50, pl. 8, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0206, bords du Niari.

Spatha (Aspatharia) corrugataSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) corrugataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia rugiferaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

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Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910

Walker, 1910. Nautilus 24(4): 38, pl. 3, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_111952, Kribi River, 17 mi from Efulen, Kamerun, West Africa.

Spatha kamerunensisOrtmann (1910), Frierson (1913)
Spatha (Aspatharia) kamerunensisSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) kamerunensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia rugata [sic]Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera kamerunensisHaas (1969)
Aspatharia rugiferaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha (Leptospatha) droueti var. roseotincta Dautzenberg, 1921

Dautzenberg, 1921. Rev. Zool. Afr. 9: 174.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha droueti Chaper, 1885)

Aspatharia (s.s.) droueti var. roseotinctaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia rugiferaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Aspatharia rugata Modell, 1942

‘Dunker’ Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 177.
(error for Anodonta rugifera Dunker, 1858)

Aspatharia rugiferaDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoniana [sic]Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia) corrugataSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Germain (1925)
Spatha kamerunensisOrtmann (1910), Frierson (1913)
Spatha (Aspatharia) kamerunensisSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Germain (1925)
Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic]Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) corrugataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) droueti var. roseotinctaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) kamerunensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugiferaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia vignouanaThiele (1934)
Aspatharia rugata [sic]Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera kamerunensisHaas (1969)
Aspatharia rugiferaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), 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)

 
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