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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 welwitschii (Morelet, 1868): synonymy
     13 specimens

Iridina welwitschii Morelet, 1868
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.

Mutela welwitschiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) welwitschiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) welwitschiiConnolly (1930)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschiiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi welwitschiDaget (1998)
Chambardia welwitschiGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia welwitschiiGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Iridina welwitchii Lea, 1870
‘More.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 88.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela welwitschiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) welwitschiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) welwitschiiConnolly (1930)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschiiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi welwitschiDaget (1998)
Chambardia welwitschiGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia welwitschiiGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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