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

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Bivalvia | ... | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1886): synonymy
     43 specimens

Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 12.
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 197, pl. 8, fig. 1-2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0169, Côte meridionale de l’Oukerewe.

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni bourguignatiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)
Chambardia bourguignatiGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Spatha subaequilatera Martens, 1887
Martens, 1887. Conch. Mitth. 3: 18, pl. 41, figs. 8-9.
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 246, pl. 7, fig. 16.

Spatha (s.s.) subaequilateraSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) subaequilateraPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)

Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 198, pl. 8, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0177, Makata, affluent superior du Vouami (Ousaghara).

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bloyetiKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni bourguignatiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)
Chambardia bourguignatiGraf & Cummings (2011)

Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 199, pl. 8, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0305, Cours du Magogo, a Ounyangouira (Ougogo).

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. spathuliformisKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni bourguignatiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)
Chambardia bourguignatiGraf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha baumanni Sturany, 1894
Sturany, 1894. Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle: 308, pl. 25, fig. 38.

Spatha (s.s.) subaequilateraSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) subaequilateraPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi baumanniHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)

Spatha martensi Sturany, 1894
Sturany, 1894. Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle: 308, pl. 25, fig. 39.

Spatha (s.s.) martensiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martensiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)

Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 242, text fig.

Spatha (s.s.) rubensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. rotundataKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rotundataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)

Spatha wahlbergi Martens, 1891
Martens, 1891. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1891: 17.
(misidentified reference to Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848)

Spatha wahlbergi var. spatuliformis Martens, 1897
‘Bgt.’ Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 248, pl. 7, fig. 18.
(error for Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889)

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) subaequilateraSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) martensiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. bloyetiKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. spathuliformisKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. rotundataKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) subaequilateraPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martensiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rotundataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni bourguignatiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi baumanniHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisHaas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignatiDaget (1998)
Chambardia bourguignatiGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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