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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia flava (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927): synonymy
     68 specimens

Aspatharia luapulaensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Dautzenberg & Germain of Authors.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: pl. 36, figs. 4-4a [as ‘Aspatharia sp.’]. [MS]
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME IRSNB_MP_0333, La Luapula, a Kasenga.

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensMandahl-Barth (1968)
Daget (1998)

Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 418, pl. 43, figs. 3-3a; pl. 44, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMNH_72063, Medje, Africa.

Aspatharia (s.s.) flavaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Chambardia dautzenbergiIUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Chambardia flavaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergi Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 93, pl. 8, figs. 2a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_9545, Chambesi, bei Mbesuma, N. Rhodesia.

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensMandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis dautzenbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia dautzenbergiDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Chambardia flavaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Spatha nswendweensis of Authors, unknown year
Dupuis, ms. name of Authors.

Aspatharia wahlbergi Mandahl-Barth, 1968
‘Krauss’ Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: ??.

Spathopsis dautzenbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia dautzenbergiDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Aspatharia (s.s.) flavaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensMandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Spathopsis dautzenbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Daget (1998)
Chambardia dautzenbergiDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Chambardia flavaGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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