MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia
species Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835): specimens
5 available nominal species synonyms (12 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Aspatharia chaiziana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia tawaii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Range
From the Senegal to the Lake Chad Basin, including the Niger River in western Africa and the Nile. (Afrotropics: AF1 AF2)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Cameroon
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Central African Republic
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MNHN_MP_0352. Bougouman, su de les bords du fleive Oubangui-Chari
Chad
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Egypt
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Mali
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Niger
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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Sudan
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BMNH_1912-6-8-898. Koste, S. Sudan
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ANSP_9057.
UMMZ_111922_01.
UMMZ_46220.
ANSP_125472. [no locality available - Africa]
GenBank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
