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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 trapezia (Martens, 1897): synonymy
45 specimens 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) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Spatha (s.s.) trapezia — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) trapezia var. senilis — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) trapezia — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) trapezia var. senilis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis trapezia trapezia — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia trapezia trapezia — Daget (1998)
Chambardia trapezia ovoidea — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
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)
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