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species Aspatharia ganciniensis (Rochebrune, 1886): synonymy

Synonymy

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 9.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0204, Mokoka (Congo).

Spatha corneola — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (Leptospatha) corneola — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) corneola — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) corneola — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana — Haas (1929)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 9.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0228, Gancini (Congo).

Spatha ganciniensis — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (Leptospatha) gancinensis [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) corneola — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) corneola — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana — Haas (1929)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Daget (1998)
Aspatharia semicorrugata — Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia ganciniensis — Graf & Cummings (2021)

specimen image from publication Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 90, pl. 4, fig. 7.
Type(s): PARATYPE MRAC_57475, Bas-Congo.

Spatha (Aspatharia) semicorrugata — Simpson (1914), Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) semicorrugata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Van Damme (1984)
Aspatharia semicorrugata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia ganciniensis — Graf & Cummings (2021)

specimen image from publication Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 416, pl. 34, figs. 4-4a; pl. 42, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57371, Leopoldville.

Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana — Haas (1929)
Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei var. chapini — Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia semicorrugata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia rugifera — IUCN (2010)

‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 55.
(error for Spatha corneola Rochebrune, 1886)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Daget (1998)

‘Rochebrune’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
(error for Spatha ganciniensis Rochebrune, 1886)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Daget (1998)

Spatha ganciniensis — Simpson (1900)
Spatha corneola — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (Leptospatha) corneola — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Leptospatha) gancinensis [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) corneola — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia) semicorrugata — Simpson (1914), Germain (1925)
Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) semicorrugata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) corneola — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana — Haas (1929)
Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei var. chapini — Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugifera — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana — Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)
Aspatharia semicorrugata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia rugifera — IUCN (2010)
Aspatharia ganciniensis — Graf & Cummings (2021)

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