Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 6.
Type(s): UNKNOWN USNM_86780A, Nile ? Egypt ?

Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens — Germain (1907)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia rubens — Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (Chambardia) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2006), Walker et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823
Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 61, figs. 4-5.
Cailliaud, 1827. Voyage à Meroe 4: 263.

Spatha (s.s.) arcuata [sic] — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2007)

Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826
Koenig, 1826. [in] Denham & Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, Appendix: 255.

Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) clappertoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Anodonta anataria Cristofori & Jan, 1832
Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Catalogus: 8.

Spatha anataria — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) anataria — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Anodonta splendens Cristofori & Jan, 1832
Cristofori in Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Catalogus: 4.

Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839
Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 16, no. 594.

Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — IUCN (2010)

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)

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2007)

Spatha baikii H. Adams, 1866
H. Adams, 1866. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1866: 447.
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_196466, River Niger.

Spatha baikii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) baikii — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) baikii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866
Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Audouin in Savigny, 1827. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 9.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102 [as ‘cailliaudi’].
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. caillaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 896.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1316.
(error for Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Spatha lepsii Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265, pl. 9, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_37438, Nil.

Spatha (s.s.) lepsii — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lepsii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 492, pl. 13, figs. 3-3a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0268, Bamako, Niger.

Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. renei — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) renei — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha rotundata Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1905. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 489. [nomen nudum]

Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 461, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0284, Ouassoulou (Sudan Francais).

Spatha (Arthropteron) criassouloui [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Arthropteron ouassouloui — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui — Thiele (1934)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mitriodon falemeensis Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 463.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0246, Riviere Faleme, affluent du Senegal.

Spatha (Mitriodon) falemeensis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mitriodon heudeloti Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 463.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0232, Fleuve Bakoy, affluent du Senegal.

Spatha (Mitriodon) heudeloti — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Mitriodon martini Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 462.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0237, Fleuve Baffing, affluent du Senegal.

Spatha (Mitriodon) martini — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha renei var. compressa Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 554.
(homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886)

— Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei var. compressa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0213, Bassin du Chari, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.

Spatha rubens variété chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. chudeaui — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. chudeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha rubens var. rotundata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 552.
(misidentified reference to Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897)

Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha lhotellerii Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
(intro'd as syn of Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866)

Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Anodonta obtusa of Authors, unknown year
‘Potier and Mich.’ of Authors.

Aspatharia rubens var. bakeri of Authors, unknown year
‘Sow.’ MRAC collection of Authors.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Iridina arenata of Authors, unknown year
‘Caill. Pot.’ of Authors.

Spatha renioia of Authors, unknown year
Jousseaume, in MNHN coll.. of Authors.
(error for Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME MNHN_MP_1019, Le Barri, pres Say.

Anodonta rubens Cailliaud, 1823
Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12.
(reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Anodonta rubens Savigny, 1827
Audouin in Savigny, 1827. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Chambardia rubens arcuata [sic] — Daget (1998)

Anodon rubra Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
(error for Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon cappertoni Sowerby, 1870
‘Konig’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: index.
(error for Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826)

Spatha candida Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)

Spatha elongata Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)

Spatha khedivialis Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)

Spatha laurenti Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)

Spatha letourneuxi Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)
— Pallary (1909)
Spatha cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1924)

Spatha rostrata Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi [sic] — Pallary (1909)

Arthropteron ouassoulouensis Germain, 1909
Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 52, fig. 44.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Arthropteron ouassouloui — Simpson (1914)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha canaida Pallary, 1909
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
(error for Spatha candida Servain, 1890)

Spatha (Arthropteron) crassouloni Kobelt, 1910
‘Rochebrune’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Arthropteron ouassaloui Modell, 1964
‘Rochebrune’ Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 84.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Arthropteron aouassouloui Van Damme, 1984
‘Rochebrune’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)