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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

genus Chambardia Bourguignat in Servain, 1890: synonymy
     11 Recent valid species (12 total species)

Spathella Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 195.
(homonym of J. Hall, 1885 [Modiomorphidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838; renamed Leptospatha Rochebrune & Germain, 1904)
Type species: Spatha petersi Martens, 1860 (sub. desig. by Bourguignat, 1889: 195, footnote) = Chambardia petersi

Chambardia Servain, 1890
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304.
Type species: Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 413) = Chambardia letourneuxi

Spathopsis Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 857.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1179.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lamellidens Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850 (orig. desig.) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Leptospatha Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 25.
(new name for Spathella Bourguignat, 1886)

Arthropteron Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 461.
Type species: Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904 (monotypy) = Chambardia rubens

Mitriodon Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 462.
Type species: Mitriodon martini Rochebrune, 1904 (subsequent designation) = Chambardia rubens

Spatella Haas, 1929
‘Bourguignat’
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 112.
(error for Spathella Bourguignat, 1886)

Spathiella Van Damme, 1984
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 64.
(error for Spathella Bourguignat, 1886)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
SpathaSimpson (1900), Germain (1907), Pallary (1909), Simpson (1914), Pallary (1924)
Lamellidens (Spathopsis)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
GlabarisSimpson (1900)
MutelaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
ChambardiaPallary (1909), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Walker et al. (2006), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021)
SpathopsisKobelt (1910), Modell (1942), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Spatha (Arthropteron)Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon)Kobelt (1910)
AnodontitesSimpson (1914), Simone (2006)
ArthropteronSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1929), Connolly (1930), Thiele (1934), Haas (1936), ... Crowley et al. (1964), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980)
Mutela (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Arthropteron)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
AspathariaConnolly (1931), Modell (1942), Van Damme (1984), Curtis & Appleton (1987), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Aspatharia (Chambardia)Haas (1969)

 
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