Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia
255 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher
Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 19, pl. 2, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE NRMS_UNKNOWN, Affen River, a trib. of the Limpopo.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980)
Aspatharia wahlbergi — Connolly (1931), Curtis & Appleton (1987)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi — Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Spathopsis wahlbergi — Modell (1942), Van Damme (1984)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), ... Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Chen et al. (2025)

Récluz, 1850. J. de Conch. 1: 55.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0220, Afrique Orientale.
Lamellidens (Spathopsis) guillaini — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spathopsis guillaini — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillaini — Haas (1936)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 113.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 64 [68], pl. 20, fig. 58.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86778, Umpingave River, Port Natal, Af.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. natalensis — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.
Type(s): TYPES ZMB_4860, Sennar, Sudan.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900)
Spatha hartmanni — Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanni — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanni — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 68.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965190, Sierra Leone.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanni — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabula — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabula — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia tabula — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 498, pl. 14, figs. 4-4a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0163, Marigot du Sengal.
Spatha (s.s.) adansoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011)

‘Bourguignat’ Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 231, fig. 7.
(renamed Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.
Spatha (s.s.) lacustris — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011)

‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217 [as ‘Spatha wahlbergi’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 247.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_43380, Ihindi, Ugogo.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Sturany, 1898. Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 628, pl. 3, fig. 66.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE NMW_XXX, Maitengue-Fluss, Matabeleland.
Spatha (s.s.) maitenguensis — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Connolly (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010)

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 898.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1330.
(new name for Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.
Spatha (s.s.) lacustris — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — IUCN (2010)

Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 10: 144.
Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 26, pl. 2, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0173, Lac Abbay; Rives da Lac Rodolphe.
Spatha (s.s.) bozasi — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 10: 144.
Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 26, pl. 2, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0186, bords de l’Omo.
Spatha (s.s.) brumpti — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumpti — Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998)

Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 174.
(homonym of Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha bourguignati ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0255, Sudan Francais.
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998)
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 174.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984)

Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 63, pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.
Spatha (s.s.) bertilloniana — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998)
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: ??.
Crowley, 1964. J. of Conch. 25: 263, pl. 18.
(misidentified reference to Spatha bourguignati ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998)
Germain, 1917. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 23: 517, Abb. 5.
(homonym of Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998)

Pilsbry, 1923. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 75: 275, pl. 19, figs. 1-2.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 420.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_81211, Boran, British East Africa.
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) haasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasi — Haas (1936)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011)
Cohen, 1935. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 74: 183.
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998)
‘Recluz’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
‘Recluz’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
(error for Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850)
‘Recluz’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
(error for Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850)
Glabaris giullaini — Simpson (1900)
Anodontites giullaini — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006)
‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217.
(reference to Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848)
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 171.
(reference to Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998)
Spatha (s.s.) adansoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Spatha (s.s.) lacustris — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Glabaris giullaini — Simpson (1900)
Lamellidens (Spathopsis) guillaini — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha hartmanni — Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spathopsis guillaini — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanni — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. natalensis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) bozasi — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) brumpti — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) maitenguensis — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) bertilloniana — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites giullaini — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) haasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabula — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia wahlbergi — Connolly (1931), Curtis & Appleton (1987)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi — Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabula — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanni — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillaini — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasi — Haas (1936)
Spathopsis wahlbergi — Modell (1942), Van Damme (1984)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumpti — Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), ... Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Chen et al. (2025)
Chambardia tabula — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)