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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia

species Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia rugiferaGraf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Zieritz et al. (2015), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Cameroon south to lowest Congo, Central Africa. Reported from the Cunene in southern Africa by Germain (1925), though no specimens are known.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


specimen
IRSNB_MP_0722

affluent du Moyen Bomyos, Dar Bamola


Cameroon

specimen
UMMZ_111950

Biles, Bechwanaland, Africa.

specimen
ZMB_MP_0011

Bipindi, Kamerun

specimen
USNM_404596

Cameroons, W Africa

specimen
SMF_12219

Kribi Fluss bei Kribi, S Kamerum

specimen
MNHN_MP_0248

Kribi River, 17 mi from Efulen, Kamerun, West Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111952

Kribi River, 17 mi from Efulen, Kamerun, West Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111952

Kribi River, 17 mi from Efulen, Kamerun, West Africa

specimen
CM_61.4489

Kribi River, 19 miles from Efulen, Kamerun, Africa

specimen
ANSP_101287

Kribi River, Efulen, Kamerun

specimen
UMMZ_300003

Kribi River, Kamerun

specimen
UMMZ_31580

Kribi River, Kribi, Kamerun, Africa

specimen
MCZ_15799

Kribi, Cameroon

specimen
BMNH_MP_230

Lokundbje River, 15 km below Bipindihof, Kamerun

specimen
SMF_12218

Lokundje Fluss bei Bipindi Hof S. Kamerun

specimen
ANSP_167890

Lokundje River, 1 km below Bipindihof

specimen
UMMZ_111953

Lokundje River, 15 mi below Bipindihof, S. Camerun, Africa

specimen
CM_61.5768

Lokundje River, Bipindi, Cameroon, Africa

specimen
ZMB_112967

Lokundje River, Bipindi, Cameroon, Africa

specimen
BMNH_1937-12-30-13147-13148

Lokundje River, Bipindihop, Camerun

specimen
FMNH_21467

Lokundje River, South Kameroun

specimen
INHS_20378

Lokundje River, South Kamerun

specimen
ZMB_64122

Lokundje, Bpindihof, Sudkamerun

specimen
ZMB_51656

Lokundji Fl.

specimen
SMF_168350

Lokundji River b. Bipindi Hof, Kamerun

specimen
CM_61.6112

Lokundji River, 15 km below Bipindihof, S. Kamerun, Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0658

Lokundji River, Camerun

specimen
USNM_339731

Lokundji River, near Bipindi, Kamerun, Africa

specimen
USNM_339731

Lokundji River, near Bipindi, Kamerun, Africa

specimen
MCZ_78070

Muge River, above Sakbayeme, Cameroon

specimen
UMMZ_111957

Mvila [Manila on label] River, Cameroon, West Africa

specimen
MCZ_21165

Mvila River, Cameroon

specimen
MRAC_85593

Riv. Moda, Cameroon

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0326

S. Cameroon

specimen
MRAC_57410

S. Cameroon

specimen
MRAC_57411

S. Cameroon

specimen
BMNH_1914-4-3-104

S. Cameroons

specimen
UMMZ_111955

Sahbayeme par Edea, Cameroon, West Africa.

specimen
MCZ_45005

Sakbayeme, near Edea, Cameroon

specimen
UMMZ_111956

Sand bank, Lokundji River, Bipinbi, Cameroon, Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111954

South Cameroons, Africa

specimen
MRAC_618189

Toulassi Sangmelina (riv. Lobo) Cameroun

specimen
MNHN_MP_0484

Yaounde, Cameroon


Congo (Brazzaville)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0206

bords du Niari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0206

bords du Niari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0494

Dolisie (Moyen Congo)

specimen
MRAC_57472

Loango

specimen
ZMB_47546

Loango, nonfluss d Quillu (Kwilu)

specimen
ZMB_42309

Loango, W. Afrika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0293

Region du fleuve Niari (Congo Francais)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0488

Riviere Louila, Congo [North]


Congo (DRC)

specimen
SMF_12220

Kongo bei Boma


Gabon

specimen
MRAC_57471

? Gabon

specimen
SMF_12222

Como Fluss, Gaboon

specimen
SMF_12222

Como Fluss, Gaboon

specimen
ANSP_41816

Gabon

specimen
MNHN_MP_0496

Gabon

specimen
MRAC_57473

Gabon

specimen
MRAC_57474

Gabon

specimen
MRAC_97410

Gabon

specimen
ZMB_MP_0065

Gabon

specimen
ZMB_MP_0069

Gabon

specimen
ZMB_108726

Gabon flumen Como

specimen
ZMB_108726

Gabon flumen Como

specimen
MNHN_MP_0541

Gabon, Riviere Comou

specimen
SMF_12221

Gaboon

specimen
MCZ_171537

Gaboon River, French Congo

specimen
UMMZ_111949

Gaboon, French Congo, Africa

specimen
AMNH_61943

Gaboon, W. Africa

specimen
BMNH_59-9-15-2

Prince Edward Island, Gaboon

specimen
BMNH_59-9-15-2

Prince Edward Island, Gaboon

specimen
MNHN_MP_0315

River Como, Haut Gabon

specimen
MNHN_MP_0315

River Como, Haut Gabon

specimen
MNHN_MP_0487

Riviere Como, Haut Gabon

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0516

Riviere Couis Ht Gabon

specimen
USNM_127014

Upper Gaboon, W Africa


Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0499

Casamana

specimen
MNHN_MP_0493

Riviere Faleme, affluent du Senegal


unknown

specimen
ANSP_125638

Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0660

Afrique Occid

specimen
UMMZ_23138

Amazon River

specimen
ZMB_MP_0056

Pongrue [?] Exp.

ANSP_4186.

UMMZ_80792.