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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Franc (1949): summary
publication summary Complete CitationFranc, A. 1949. Unionidae d’Afrique occidentale Française recueilles par Th. Monod. Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 157-187.
Attributed Nominal GeneraCaelatura Conrad, 1853
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853) Attributed Nominal SpeciesAspatharia senegalensis var. protchei Franc, 1949
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 162.
(misidentified reference to Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886) | |
Mutela carrei Franc, 1949
‘Putzeys’ Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 181, figs. 9, 11.
(misidentified reference to Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898) | |
Mutela franci Daget, 1964
 ‘Putzeys’ Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 181, figs. 9, 11 [as ‘Mutela carrei’].
Daget, 1964. J. de Conch. 104: 10, figs. 8-10c.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0250, Zone d’inondation du Moyen-Niger. | |
Spatha brumpti Franc, 1949
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 171.
(reference to Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904) | |
Spatha (Leptospatha) stuhlmanni Germain, 1909
of Authors.
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 15: 211.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 164.
(misidentified reference to Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAetheria elliptica Lamarck = Etheria elliptica Aspatharia (s.s.) decorsei Germain = Aspatharia dahomeyensis Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei Jousseaume = Aspatharia pangallensis Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei var. chapini Pilsbry et Bequaert = Aspatharia ganciniensis Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis Lea = Aspatharia dahomeyensis Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis var. protchei Rochebrune = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Spatha divaricata Martens, 1897 Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis var. protchei Rochebrune = Aspatharia divaricata Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis var. sinuata Martens = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913 Aspatharia (s.s.) senegalensis var. sinuata Martens = Aspatharia subreniformis Aspatharia (s.s.) stuhlmanni Martens = Aspatharia pfeifferiana Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni Jousseaume = Chambardia wahlbergi Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumpti Rochebrune et Germain = Chambardia wahlbergi Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana (Rang) = Aspatharia chaiziana Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana var. rochebrunei Jousseaume = Aspatharia rochebrunei Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens Lamarck = Chambardia rubens Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni E. v. Martens = Chambardia wissmanni
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886 Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca var. moptiensis Germain = Coelatura aegyptiaca Caelatura [sic] aequatoria (Morelet) = Coelatura gabonensis Caelatura [sic] lacoini Germain = Coelatura aegyptiaca Caelatura [sic] nguigmiensis Germain = Coelatura aegyptiaca Mutela carrei Putzeys = Mutela legumen Mutela complanata Jousseaume = Aspatharia dahomeyensis Mutela dubia Gmelin Mutela dubia var. angustata Sowerby = Mutela dubia Mutela dubia var. emini Martens = Mutela dubia Mutela dubia var. exotica Lamarck = Mutela dubia Mutela joubini Germain Mutela rostrata Rang
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