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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Mandahl-Barth (1988): summary publication summary Complete CitationMandahl-Barth, G. 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves. 161 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta arcuata Martens, 1866 ‘Cailliaud’ of Authors. Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11. Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265. Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899. Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73. Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109. (error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823) | |
Caelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 54, pl. 3, fig. 1; pl. 10, figs. 9-10. Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 29, figs. 134-135. Type(s): TOPOTYPE MRAC_797303, Zaire: Lac de barrage de la Kipopo. | |
Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968 Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 53, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 10, fig. 6. Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 28, fig. 109. | |
Caelatura (Zairia) cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
Mandahl-Barth, 1954. Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 135. text fig. 70. Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 17, fig. 86. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_517603, Lac Victoria, Hannington Baie. | |
Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 85, figs. 81-82. Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN, Zambezi River, between Kariba and Chirundu. | |
Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932 Gardner, 1932. Mém. Inst. Égypte 18: 86, pl. 8, figs. 15-18. Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 124. (error for Pisidium clarkeanum Nevill & Nevill, 1871; misidentified reference to Pisidium clarkeanum Nevill & Nevill, 1871) | |
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 rochebruni Mandahl-Barth, 1988 ‘Jousseaume’ Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 66. (error for Spatha rochebrunei Jousseaume, 1886) | |
Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea Mandahl-Barth, 1988 ‘von Martens’ Mandahl-Barth, 1954. Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 159, fig. 79 [as ‘Spatha caillaudi’].
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 76, fig. 49. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897) | |
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