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Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 243, text fig.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE ZMB_108816, Bare, Buddu.

Spatha (s.s.) trapezia — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) trapezia — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis trapezia trapezia — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia trapezia trapezia — Daget (1998)
Chambardia trapezia — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Spatha trapezia var. senilis Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 244, text fig.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897)
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108817, Towalio, Buddu, Soweh, Uganda.

Spatha (s.s.) trapezia var. senilis — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) trapezia var. senilis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis trapezia trapezia — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia trapezia trapezia — Daget (1998)

Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea Mandahl-Barth, 1988

‘von Martens’ Mandahl-Barth, 1954. Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 159, fig. 79 [as ‘Spatha caillaudi’].
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 76, fig. 49.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897)

Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia trapezia ovoidea — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)

Aspatharia subaequilatera Mandahl-Barth, 1954

‘von Martens’ Mandahl-Barth, 1954. Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 153, fig. 82.
(misidentified reference to Spatha subaequilatera Martens, 1887)

Spathopsis trapezia trapezia — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia trapezia trapezia — Daget (1998)

Spatha caillaudi Mandahl-Barth, 1954

‘von Martens’ Mandahl-Barth, 1954. Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 159, fig. 79.
(misidentified reference to Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866)

Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia trapezia ovoidea — Daget (1998)