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

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species Aspatharia rochebrunei (Jousseaume, 1886): synonymy
     30 specimens

Spatha rochebrunei Jousseaume, 1886
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 494, pl. 14, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0263, Fouladougo, Niger.

Spatha (s.s.) tristisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rochebruneiKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana var. rochebruneiFranc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia rochebruneiDaget (1962), Lévèque (1967), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia chaizianaMandahl-Barth (1988)

Spatha tristis Jousseaume, 1886
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 497, pl. 14, fig. 3-3a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0318, Diamouko, a son embouchure dans le Senegal.

Spatha (s.s.) tristisSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia tristisDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Aspatharia rochebruneiGraf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 556, fig. 92.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha mabillei Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0199, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.

Spatha mabillei variété mamounensisGermain (1907)
Spatha (s.s.) mabillei var. mamounensisSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei var. mamounensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Aspatharia rochebruneiDaget (1998)

Spatha rochebruni Mandahl-Barth, 1988
‘Jousseaume’ Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 66.
(error for Spatha rochebrunei Jousseaume, 1886)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.) tristisSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha mabillei variété mamounensisGermain (1907)
Spatha (s.s.) rochebruneiKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) mabillei var. mamounensisSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaizianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei var. mamounensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana var. rochebruneiFranc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensLeloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia rochebruneiDaget (1962), Lévèque (1967), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia tristisDaget (1962), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera rugiferaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia chaizianaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Graf & Cummings (2011)

 
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