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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia welwitschii (Morelet, 1868): synonymy

13 specimens

Synonymy

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 welwitschii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) welwitschii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) welwitschii — Connolly (1930)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschii — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi welwitschi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia welwitschi — Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia welwitschii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela welwitschii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) welwitschii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) welwitschii — Connolly (1930)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschii — Haas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschi — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi welwitschi — Daget (1998)
Chambardia welwitschi — Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia welwitschii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)