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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia species Chambardia wissmanni (Martens, 1883): synonymy 158 specimens Spatha wissmanni Martens, 1883
Martens, 1883. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1883(5): 73.
Martens, 1894. Conch. Mitth. 3: 9, pl. 44. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ZMB_36582, Lubi i Lubilasch od Sankuru.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. wissmanni — Kobelt (1910) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana — Haas (1929) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969) Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wissmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) Chambardia wismanni [sic] — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009) | |
Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
 Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 491, pl. 13, figs. 2-2a. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0172, Koulikoro, Niger.
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900) Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. bellamyi — Kobelt (1910) Spatha (s.s.) bellamyi — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bellamyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni — Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wissmanni — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spatha oppicata Germain, 1913
‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1913. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 292. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0277, Ouassoulou, Niger.
— Haas (1969) Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998) | |
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914. Rev. Zool. Afr. 4: 68 (in part). Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 424, text fig. 93. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_134026, Malema, Belg. Congo.
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana — Haas (1929) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Chambardia wissmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Aspatharia hassei Darteville, 1941
Darteville, 1941. Rev. Zool. Botan. Afr. 34: 377. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_215943, Bas-Congo.
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969) Chambardia wissmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010) | |
Aspatharia rubens Leloup, 1950 ‘Lamarck’ of Authors. Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 83, pl. 5, fig. 1. [in part] Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 56, pl. 11, fig. 3. [in part]
Spathopsis wissmanni — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wissmanni — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha wissmani Simpson, 1900 ‘von Martens’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 896. ‘von Martens’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1315. | |
Chambardia wismanni Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer, 2009 Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer, 2009. The Nile: 595. | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900) Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. wissmanni — Kobelt (1910) Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. bellamyi — Kobelt (1910) Spatha (s.s.) bellamyi — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bellamyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana — Haas (1929) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969) — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wissmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998) Chambardia wismanni [sic] — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)
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