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

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species Aspatharia pangallensis (Rochebrune, 1882): synonymy
     24 specimens

Spatha pangallensis Rochebrune, 1882
Rochebrune, 1882. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 6: 33.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0275, Pangalla, bords du Bakoy.

Spatha pangallicensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Spatha (Leptospatha) pangallicensis [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Spatha pangallensisSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) pangallensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia pangallensisDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Aspatharia mabilleiGraf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha mabillei Jousseaume, 1886
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 495, pl. 14, fig. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0215, Kora.

Spatha (s.s.) mabilleiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha mabilleiGermain (1907)
Aspatharia (s.s.) mabilleiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia mabilleiDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Aspatharia pangallensisGraf & Cummings (2021)

Spatha pangallicensis Simpson, 1900
‘Rochebrune’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 902.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1350.

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) pangallensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia pangallensisDaget (1998)

Spatha mabbillei Van Damme, 1984
‘Jousseaumei’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 62.

Aspatharia mabilleiDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha pangallicensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) mabilleiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha mabilleiGermain (1907)
Spatha (Leptospatha) pangallicensis [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Spatha pangallensisSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) pangallensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) mabilleiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia pangallensisDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia mabilleiDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)

 
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