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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia pfeifferiana
nominal species Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860
Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
Bernardi, 1860. J. de Conch. 8: 331, pl. 12, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN XXX_UNKNOWN, Gabon.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 287.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Chen et al., 2025: Table 1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Smith, 2021: 4.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Wu et al., 2021: attached Table 1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020: Table 1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Bolotov et al., 2020: Table S1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Wu et al., 2020: 195.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Sano et al., 2020: 101.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019: 116.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Bolotov et al., 2019: Table S1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Lemer et al., 2019: 4, Table S1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Bolotov et al., 2018: Table S1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Huang et al., 2018: 302.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018: 103.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 178.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [16], Table S1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Combosch et al., 2017: 195, Table 1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Elderkin et al., 2016: [4].
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Bolotov et al., 2016: 107, 111.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — González & Giribet, 2015: 44.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Bieler et al., 2014: Table 1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Sharma et al., 2012: 69, supplemental material.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Whelan et al., 2011: 506.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860 — Bogan, 2010: [4].
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Van Damme & Pickford, 2010: 84, fig. 41.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer, 2009: 594.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 314.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 97.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 178, fig. 18.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Daget, 1998: 102.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 63, figs. 13-20.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Curtis & Appleton, 1987: 50, Table 1.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Van Damme, 1984: 63, fig. 90.
= Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Appleton, 1979: 164, fig. 2I.
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera (Dunker, 1858) — Haas, 1969: 588.
= Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Mandahl-Barth, 1968: 56, pl. 11, fig. 2.
= Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Modell, 1942: 177.
= Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Connolly, 1939: 615, pl. 19, figs. 7-8.
= Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Haas, 1936: 90.
= Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Haas, 1929: 112.
= Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 414.
= Spatha (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Simpson, 1914: 1341.
= Spatha (s.s.) pfeifferiana Bernardi — Kobelt, 1910: 87.
= Spatha (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) — Simpson, 1900: 900.
= Spathella pfeifferiana — Servain, 1890: 316.
= Spathella pfeifferiana Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1889: 196.
= Unio pfeifferianus (Bernardi) — Ancey, 1888: 74.
= Spatha (Spathella) pfeifferiana (Bernard) — Bourguignat, 1886: 14.
= Margaron (Margaritana) pfeifferiana (Bern.) — Lea, 1870: 68.
