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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia

species Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835): synonymy

100 specimens

Synonymy

Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835

Rang, 1835. Nouv. Ann. Mus. 4(3): 310.

Spatha tawi [sic]Simpson (1900)
Spatha (Leptospatha) tawi [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) tawaiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia tawaiiDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Anodonta tawi Simpson, 1900

‘Rang’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 902.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
(error for Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835)

Spatha (s.s.) tawaiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950)
Aspatharia tawaiiDaget (1998)

image of type lot

Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903

specimen image from publicationPallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 97, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE IRSNB_MP_0663, Lac Albert-Edward.

Spatha innesiPallary (1903), Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spatha (s.s.) innesiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) innesiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic]Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic]Daget (1998)
Aspatharia chaizianaGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha chaiziana mode globosa Germain, 1906

Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 240.

Aspatharia chaizianaDaget (1998)

Spatha chaiziana var. compressa Germain, 1906

Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 173.
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 240.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835; homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860)

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana var. compressaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia chaizianaDaget (1998)

Margarita (Anodonta) chiziana Lea, 1836

‘Rang’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: addenda.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

Anodonta taevaii Lea, 1838

‘Rang’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘tævaii’].
(error for Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835)

Anodonta cherziana Villa, 1841

‘Rang’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

image of type lot

Anodon cheeziana Sowerby, 1867

specimen image from publication‘Rang’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, sp. 52.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1964384, Hab._?

Glabaris cheezianaSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) cheezianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusHaas (1969)

Spatha (Spatha) chaizei Germain, 1907

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 571.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

Aspatharia chaizianaDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.) chaizianaSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha tawi [sic]Simpson (1900)
Glabaris cheezianaSimpson (1900)
Spatha innesiPallary (1903), Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spatha (Leptospatha) tawi [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) tawaiSimpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) innesiSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) cheezianusSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1936), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana var. compressaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) innesiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia chaizianaDaget (1962), Lévèque (1967), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), ... IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia tawaiiDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusHaas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic]Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic]Daget (1998)

 
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