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
Thu 22 January 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.
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.