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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Mandahl-Barth (1968): summary publication summary Complete CitationMandahl-Barth, G. 1968. Mollusques d’Eau Douce / Freshwater Molluscs. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Bassin di Lac Bangweolo et du Luapula 12: 1-97.
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 rubens Leloup, 1950 ‘Lamarck’ of Authors. Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 83, pl. 5, fig. 1. [in part] Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 56, pl. 11, fig. 3. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819) | |
Aspatharia wahlbergi Mandahl-Barth, 1968 ‘Krauss’ Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: ??. (misidentified reference to Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848) | |
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. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana + Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913 Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia flava + Spatha wissmanni Martens, 1883 + Aspatharia luapulaensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 + Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835 + Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergi Haas, 1936 Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Aspatharia chaiziana Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia wissmanni Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi Caelatura [sic] choziensis (Preston, 1910) = Coelatura choziensis + Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936 Caelatura [sic] kipopoensis (Mandahl-Barth, 1968) = Coelatura kipopoensis Caelatura [sic] luapulaensis (Preston, 1913) = Coelatura luapulaensis + Caelatura choziensis luapulaensis Haas, 1936 Caelatura [sic] luapulaensis (Preston, 1913) = Coelatura kipopoensis Caelatura [sic] mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura mesafricana + Mesafra mesafricana stappersi Haas, 1936 Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis Caelatura [sic] schoutedeni Haas, 1936 = Prisodontopsis mweruensis Caelatura [sic] symoensi (Mandahl-Barth, 1968) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis Corbicula africana (Krauss) = Corbicula fluminalis + Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846 Corbicula africana (Krauss) Corbicula rosini (Haas) = Corbicula astartina Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 + Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825 Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848) Mutela hargeri hargeri Smith, E.A., 1908 = Mutela hargeri Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936 = Mutela hargeri Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) + Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948 Pisidium kenianum Preston = Euglesa keniana Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby = Euglesa langleyana Pisidium pirothi Jickeli = Euglesa pirothi Pisidium viridarium Kuiper = Euglesa viridaria Prisodontopsis johnstoni (Smith, E.A., 1893) = Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis Sphaerium bangweolicum (Haas) = Sphaerium hartmanni Sphaerium bequaerti (Dautzenberg & Germain) + Sphaerium stuhlmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 + Sphaerium hartmanni var. congicum Haas, 1936 Sphaerium capense (Krauss) Sphaerium incomitatum (Kuiper)
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