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Bivalvia | Unionoida | 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.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1740 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 97), R. Muio, Angola.

= Chambardia welwitschii

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

= Chambardia welwitschii Morelet, 1868 — Bogan, 2010

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

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

= Chambardia welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2006

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

= Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969

= Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Haas, 1936

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

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

= Mutela welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Simpson, 1914

= Mutela welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) — Simpson, 1900

= Spatha welwitschii (Morelet) — Martens, 1882

+ Lea, 1870

 
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