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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
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Complete Citation

Mandahl-Barth, G. 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves. 161 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta 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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