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Anodonta dahomeyensis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 261, pl. 41, fig. 141.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965163, Dahomey, West Africa.

Spatha (s.s.) dahomeyensis — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (s.s.) dahomeyensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1962), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021), Akindele et al. (2023)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)

Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 260, pl. 41, fig. 140.
(renamed Mutelina senegalica Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965167, Senegal.

Spatha (s.s.) dahomeyensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) senegalensis — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (s.s.) dahomeyensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis — Franc (1949)
Aspatharia senegalensis — Daget (1962)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886

Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 489, pl. 13, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): TYPES MNHN_MP_0221, Foula Dongo, Niger.

Spatha (s.s.) complanata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutelina complanata — Germain (1907)
Spatha (Leptospatha) complanata — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) complanata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela complanata — Franc (1949)
Aspatharia complanata — Daget (1962), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), IUCN (2010)

Mutelina senegalica Jousseaume, 1886

‘Bourguignat’ Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 488.
(new name for Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859)

Spatha (s.s.) dahomeyensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (s.s.) dahomeyensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 469.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 557, pl. lith. fig. 5.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0309, Territore de Chari, Mamoun, pays de Senoussi.

Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) decorsei — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (s.s.) decorsei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), IUCN (2010)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 469.
(homonym of Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904; renamed Spatha decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0202, Territoire du Chari, Mamoun.

Spatha (s.s.) decorsei var. persinuata — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (s.s.) decorsei var. persinuata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Spatha bourguignati Germain, 1906

‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174.
Kobelt, 1911. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 1911: 58.
Lévèque, 1974. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 8: 1009, pl. 2, figs. 5-8.
(misidentified reference to Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)

Aspatharia chaiziana — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Aspatharia nigeriensis — Daget (1998)

Mutelina complanata var. abbreviata Germain, 1907

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Mutela (s.s.) complanata mut. abbreviata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Aspatharia complanata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina complanata var. curta Germain, 1907

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 574.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Mutelina complanata variété curta — Germain (1907)
Spatha (s.s.) complanata var. curta — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) complanata var. curta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Aspatharia complanata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina complanata var. elongata Germain, 1907

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 573.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Mutela (s.s.) complanata mut. elongata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia complanata — Daget (1998)

Spatha decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 558, fig. 93.
(new name for Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904)

Spatha (s.s.) decorsei var. persinuata — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (s.s.) decorsei var. persinuata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Spatha (Leptospatha) cryptoradiata Germain, 1907

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 562.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 50.
(misidentified reference to Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Spatha (Leptospatha) pfeifferi Germain, 1907

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
‘Bernardi’ Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 560.
‘Bernardi’ Lévèque, 1974. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 8: 110.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860; error for Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860)

Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Spatha (Leptospatha) stuhlmanni Germain, 1909

of Authors.
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 15: 211.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 164.
(misidentified reference to Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Aspatharia (Aspatharia) pfeifferiana Haas, 1929

Haas, 1929. Zool. Jahresber. 57: 162.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962

Daget, 1962. J. de Conch. 102: 25, figs. 14-15.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 101.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0261, Boussa, Nigeria.

Aspatharia nigeriensis — Daget (1962), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Aspatharia senegalensis var. protchei Franc, 1949

Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 162.
(misidentified reference to Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Daget (1998)

Margaritifera margaritifera Abwage et al., 2022

‘Linn.’ Abwage et al., 2022. J. Res. Forest. Wildl. Envir. 14(3): 135, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Aspatharia sp. — Bolotov et al. (2024)
Chambardia sp. — Bolotov et al. (2024)