Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia
281 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 6.
Type(s): UNKNOWN USNM_86780A, Nile ? Egypt ?
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens — Germain (1907)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia rubens — Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (Chambardia) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2006), Walker et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)
Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 61, figs. 4-5.
Cailliaud, 1827. Voyage à Meroe 4: 263.
Spatha (s.s.) arcuata [sic] — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Koenig, 1826. [in] Denham & Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, Appendix: 255.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) clappertoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Catalogus: 8.
Spatha anataria — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) anataria — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Cristofori in Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Catalogus: 4.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 16, no. 594.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — IUCN (2010)
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2007)

H. Adams, 1866. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1866: 447.
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_196466, River Niger.
Spatha baikii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) baikii — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) baikii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Audouin in Savigny, 1827. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 9.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102 [as ‘cailliaudi’].
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. caillaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 896.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1316.
(error for Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265, pl. 9, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_37438, Nil.
Spatha (s.s.) lepsii — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lepsii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 492, pl. 13, figs. 3-3a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0268, Bamako, Niger.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. renei — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) renei — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1905. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 11: 489. [nomen nudum]
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 10: 461, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0284, Ouassoulou (Sudan Francais).
Spatha (Arthropteron) criassouloui [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Arthropteron ouassouloui — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui — Thiele (1934)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 10: 463.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0246, Riviere Faleme, affluent du Senegal.
Spatha (Mitriodon) falemeensis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 10: 463.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0232, Fleuve Bakoy, affluent du Senegal.
Spatha (Mitriodon) heudeloti — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 10: 462.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0237, Fleuve Baffing, affluent du Senegal.
Spatha (Mitriodon) martini — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 554.
(homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei var. compressa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 67.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0213, Bassin du Chari, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.
Spatha rubens variété chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. chudeaui — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. chudeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 552.
(misidentified reference to Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
(intro'd as syn of Spatha cailliaudi ‘von Martens’ of Authors)
Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
‘Potier and Mich.’ of Authors.
‘Sow.’ MRAC collection of Authors.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
‘Caill. Pot.’ of Authors.

Jousseaume, in MNHN coll.. of Authors.
(error for Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME MNHN_MP_1019, Le Barri, pres Say.
Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12.
(reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Audouin in Savigny, 1827. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
(error for Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
‘Konig’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: index.
(error for Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 52, fig. 44.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)
Arthropteron ouassouloui — Simpson (1914)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
(error for Spatha candida Servain, 1890)
‘Rochebrune’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)
‘Rochebrune’ Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 84.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)
‘Rochebrune’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) lepsii — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) arcuata [sic] — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha baikii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha anataria — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens variété chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Spatha (s.s.) baikii — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. renei — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Arthropteron) criassouloui [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon) martini — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon) falemeensis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon) heudeloti — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. chudeaui — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) renei — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Arthropteron ouassouloui — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) anataria — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) baikii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) clappertoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lepsii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei var. compressa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. caillaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. chudeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui — Thiele (1934)
Aspatharia rubens — Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (Chambardia) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2006), Walker et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)