| Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025 |
The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Search the database pages:
Publication Daget (1998): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationDaget, J. 1998. Catalogue raisonné des Mollusques bivalves d’eau douce africains. 329 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801 ‘Linnaeus’ of Authors. Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 109 [’Anodontites cygnæa’]. Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 189 [as ‘cygnæa’]. Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 601. de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268. Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 140. Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 269. Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1]. Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 89. Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 70 [26]. Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 126. Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 39. Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 234. Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 267. Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289. Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 752. ‘Linnaeus’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 19. Dhora, 2009. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade 61(3): 547. (error for Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962
 Daget, 1962. J. de Conch. 102: 25, figs. 14-15. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 101. Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0261, Boussa, Nigeria. | |
Aspatharia pfeifferiana Connolly, 1939 ‘Bernardi’ of Authors. Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 615.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 164. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: ??. (misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860) | |
Corbicula aniaria Daget, 1998 ‘Pallary’ of Authors. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 178. He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 134. (error for Corbicula aniara Pallary, 1909) | |
Dreissensia bananensis Daget, 1998 ‘Preston’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 165. (error for Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909) | |
Eupera triangulum Daget, 1998 ‘Mandahl-Barth’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 190. (error for Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973) | |
Grandidieria ujijensis Bourguignat, 1885 ‘Crosse’ of Authors. Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7. Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94. Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22. ‘Crosse’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 79 [as ‘Nyassunio ujijensis’]. (error for Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881) | |
Mutela mabilli Connolly, 1931 ‘Rochebrune’ of Authors. Connolly, 1931. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 29: 324. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 146. (misidentified reference to Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886) | |
Nodularia (Caelatura) dumeniliana Daget, 1998 ‘Kobelt’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 824. (error for Nodularia (Caelatura) dusmeniliana Kobelt, 1910) | |
Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergi Daget, 1998 ‘Germain’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 59. (error for Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920) | |
Pisidium eduardi Daget, 1998 ‘Kuiper’ of Authors. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 193. Vinarski & Kantor, 2016. Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 109. (error for Pisidium edouardi Kuiper, 1953) | |
Pisidium harisoni Daget, 1998 ‘Kuiper’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 197. (error for Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964) | |
Pisidium amnicum var. elongatula Daget, 1998 ‘Baudon’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 234. (error for Pisidium amnicum var. elongata Baudon, 1857) | |
Pleiodon macmurtrei Conrad, 1834 ‘Conrad’ of Authors. Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225. Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49. Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 443. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 601. Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151. (incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834) | |
Spatha wahlbergi var. montai Daget, 1998 ‘Dartevelle’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 126. (error for Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi moutai Dartevelle, 1939) | |
Unio backoyi Daget, 1998 ‘Rochebrune’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 25, 31. (error for Unio bakoyi Rochebrune, 1882) | |
Unio billotianus Simpson, 1900 ‘Charmes’ of Authors. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 847. Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 84. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1130. Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 52. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 190. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 65. (error for Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885) | |
Unio campanyoi Daget, 1998 ‘Pallary’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 26. (error for Unio companyoi Pallary, 1924) | |
Unio degousei Daget, 1998 ‘Pallary’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 35. (error for Unio degouseei Pallary, 1909) | |
Unio eurysellinus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 ‘Pallary’ of Authors. Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 381. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 175. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 26. (error for Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903) | |
Unio martelli Haas, 1969 ‘Pallary’ of Authors. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 276. Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 85. Graf & Cummings, 2011. Hydrobiologia 678: [3]. (error for Unio marteli Pallary, 1918) | |
Unio tanquerellanus Daget, 1998 ‘Pallary’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 35. (error for Unio tanquerelianus Pallary, 1909) | |
|