Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia welwitschii

nominal species Iridina welwitschii Morelet, 1868

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Iridina welwitschii Morelet, 1868 = Chambardia welwitschii

Morelet, 1868. Voy. Welwitsch, Moll. Terr. Fluv.: 98.
LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1740 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 97), R. Muio, Angola.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1867) — Nagel, 2025: 216.

lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.1740 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 97) — Angola, “la rivière Muria, près de Trombeta (Golungo Alto)” [09°10.5’S 014°35.5’E] (Natural History Museum, London)

paralectotype SMF 9830/1

paralectotypes SMF 376538/3 (coll. F. Haas ex Museu Bocage 1935, leg. F. Welwitsch)

= Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 28.

= Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.

= Chambardia welwitschii Morelet, 1868 — Bogan, 2010: [6].

= Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 314.

= Chambardia welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 97.

= Chambardia welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 181, fig. 23.

lectotype bmnh_1893.2.4.1740 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 97) — Rio Muria, at Trombeta, Angola

= Chambardia wahlbergi welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) — Daget, 1998: 128.

type BMNH_xxx (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 97) — rivière Mura (Muria) Angola.

paratype SMF_9830b — rivière Mura (Muria) Angola.

= Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 68, fig. 26.

+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krauss) — Haas, 1969: 596.

= Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Haas, 1936: 95, pl. 8, fig. 1.

= Aspatharia (Spathopsis) welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Connolly, 1930: 42.

= Mutela (s.s.) welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 430.

= Mutela welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Simpson, 1914: 1367.

- UNASSIGNED — Simpson, 1900: 906.

= Spatha welwitschii (Morelet) — Martens, 1882: 248.

- UNASSIGNED — Lea, 1870: 88.