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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia species Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864): synonymy
38 specimens Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 36 [40], pl. 13, fig. 33.
(renamed Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86777, Lake Nyassa, Af.
Spatha (s.s.) nyassaensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) nyassaënsis — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979)
Spathopsis nyassaensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021) | |
Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 39.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 196.
(new name for Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864)
Spatha (s.s.) nyassaensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998) | |
Spathella kirki Ancey, 1894
  Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 229, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MRAC_57520, Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa.
Spatha (s.s.) kirki — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis nyassaensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha kirki var. liederi Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 245.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spathella kirki Ancey, 1894)
Spatha (s.s.) kirki var. liederi — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki var. liederi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha approximans Preston, 1910
 Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 63, pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57520, Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa.
Spatha (s.s.) approximans — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis nyassaensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913
  Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 62, pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MRAC_57522, Nyassa.
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis nyassaensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Spatha (s.s.) nyassaensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) kirki — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) kirki var. liederi — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) nyassaënsis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) approximans — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki var. liederi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Spathopsis nyassaensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia nyassaensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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