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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 wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848): synonymy 255 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848
Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 19, pl. 2, fig. 1. Type(s): TYPE NRMS_UNKNOWN, Affen River, a trib. of the Limpopo.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980) Aspatharia wahlbergi — Connolly (1931), Curtis & Appleton (1987) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi — Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939) Spathopsis wahlbergi — Modell (1942), Van Damme (1984) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021) | |
Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850
Récluz, 1850. J. de Conch. 1: 55. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0220, Afrique Orientale.
Lamellidens (Spathopsis) guillaini — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Spathopsis guillaini — Kobelt (1910) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillaini — Haas (1936) Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010) | |
Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 113.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 64 [68], pl. 20, fig. 58. Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86778, Umpingave River, Port Natal, Af.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918) Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. natalensis — Kobelt (1910) — de Gregorio (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spatha hartmanni Martens, 1866
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 10. Type(s): TYPES ZMB_4860, Sennar, Sudan.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900) Spatha hartmanni — Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924) Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanni — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanni — Haas (1936) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999) Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010) | |
Anodon tabula Sowerby, 1867
 Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 68. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965190, Sierra Leone.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900) Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanni — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabula — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabula — Haas (1936) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) Chambardia tabula — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886
 Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 498, pl. 14, figs. 4-4a. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0163, Marigot du Sengal.
Spatha (s.s.) adansoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894
 ‘Bourguignat’ Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 231, fig. 7. (renamed Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900) Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.
Spatha (s.s.) lacustris — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897
‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217 [as ‘Spatha wahlbergi’]. Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 247. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848) Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_43380, Ihindi, Ugogo.
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi — Haas (1936) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898 Sturany, 1898. Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 628, pl. 3, fig. 66. Type(s): HOLOTYPE NMW_XXX, Maitengue-Fluss, Matabeleland.
Spatha (s.s.) maitenguensis — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Connolly (1939) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010) | |
Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 898. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1330. (new name for Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894) Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.
Spatha (s.s.) lacustris — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969) — Lévèque (1967) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — IUCN (2010) | |
Spathella bozasi Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 144. Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 26, pl. 2, fig. 7. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0173, Lac Abbay; Rives da Lac Rodolphe.
Spatha (s.s.) bozasi — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999) Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 144. Rochebrune & Germain, 1904. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 26, pl. 2, fig. 6. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0186, bords de l’Omo.
Spatha (s.s.) brumpti — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumpti — Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999) Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha bourguignati var. major Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886; homonym of Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906) Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0255, Sudan Francais.
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906 Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900)
— Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984) | |
Spatha bertilloniana Preston, 1910
 Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 63, pl. 5, fig. 15. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.
Spatha (s.s.) bertilloniana — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha bourguignati Kobelt, 1910 ‘Bourguignat’ of Authors. Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: ??. Crowley, 1964. J. of Conch. 25: 263, pl. 18. (misidentified reference to Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha adansoni var. major Germain, 1917 Germain, 1917. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 23: 517, Abb. 5. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886; homonym of Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969) Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998) | |
Spatha haasi Pilsbry, 1923
Pilsbry, 1923. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 75: 275, pl. 19, figs. 1-2. Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 420. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_81211, Boran, British East Africa.
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) haasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasi — Haas (1936) — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) figulorum Cohen, 1935 Cohen, 1935. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 74: 183.
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998) | |
Anodonta guilliana Lea, 1852 ‘Recluz’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. ‘Recluz’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84. (error for Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850) | |
Anodonta giullaini Adams & Adams, 1857 ‘Recluz’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502. (error for Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850)
Glabaris giullaini — Simpson (1900) Anodontites giullaini — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006) | |
Spatha wahlbergi Martens, 1860 ‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217. (reference to Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848) | |
Spatha brumpti Franc, 1949 Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 171. (reference to Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918) Lamellidens (Spathopsis) guillaini — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Glabaris giullaini — Simpson (1900) Spatha (s.s.) adansoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) lacustris — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Spatha hartmanni — Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924) Spathopsis guillaini — Kobelt (1910) Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. natalensis — Kobelt (1910) Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanni — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914) Anodontites giullaini — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006) — de Gregorio (1914), Simpson (1914), Lévèque (1967), Haas (1969) Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) maitenguensis — Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) bozasi — Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) brumpti — Simpson (1914) Spatha (s.s.) bertilloniana — Simpson (1914) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabula — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. major — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) haasi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Aspatharia wahlbergi — Connolly (1931), Curtis & Appleton (1987) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi — Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillaini — Haas (1936) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanni — Haas (1936) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabula — Haas (1936) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasi — Haas (1936) Spathopsis wahlbergi — Modell (1942), Van Damme (1984) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumpti — Franc (1949) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969) Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969) Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999) Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010) Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010) Chambardia wahlbergi tabula — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) Chambardia wahlbergi — Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021) Chambardia tabula — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)
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