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

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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.) rubensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. wissmanniKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaHaas (1929)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wissmanniDaget (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. bellamyiKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) bellamyiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bellamyiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanniFranc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wissmanniDaget (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 rubensDaget (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 bangalorumPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaHaas (1929)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Chambardia wissmanniDaget (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) rubensHaas (1969)
Chambardia wissmanniDaget (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 wissmanniMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wissmanniDaget (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.) rubensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic]Simpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. wissmanniKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. bellamyiKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) bellamyiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bellamyiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorumPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaHaas (1929)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wissmanniDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Chambardia rubens rubensDaget (1998)
Chambardia wismanni [sic]Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)

 
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