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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.) wahlbergiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980)
Aspatharia wahlbergiConnolly (1931), Curtis & Appleton (1987)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergiHaas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Spathopsis wahlbergiModell (1942), Van Damme (1984)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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) guillainiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spathopsis guillainiKobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillainiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillainiHaas (1936)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillainiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillainiDaget (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.) wahlbergiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. natalensisKobelt (1910)
de Gregorio (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiIUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha hartmanni Martens, 1866
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.
Type(s): TYPES ZMB_4860, Sennar, Sudan.

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergiSimpson (1900)
Spatha hartmanniPallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanniKobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanniHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanniDaget (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.) wahlbergiSimpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanniSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabulaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabulaHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabulaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabulaDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia tabulaVan Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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.) adansoniSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabulaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabulaDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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.) lacustrisSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustrisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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. dorsalisSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiIUCN (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.) maitenguensisSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiConnolly (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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.) lacustrisSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustrisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Lévèque (1967)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiIUCN (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.) bozasiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanniDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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.) brumptiSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumptiFranc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanniDaget (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 tabulaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabulaDaget (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. majorPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabulaVan 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.) bertillonianaSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustrisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (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 guillainiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillainiDaget (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. majorPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubensVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabulaDaget (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) haasiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasiHaas (1936)
Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillainiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillainiDaget (1998)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & Cummings (2011)

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) figulorum Cohen, 1935
Cohen, 1935. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 74: 183.

Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanniDaget (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 giullainiSimpson (1900)
Anodontites giullainiSimpson (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 tabulaDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Lamellidens (Spathopsis) guillainiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Glabaris giullainiSimpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) adansoniSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) lacustrisSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha hartmanniPallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spathopsis guillainiKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. natalensisKobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. hartmanniKobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Anodontites giullainiSimpson (1914), Simone (2006)
de Gregorio (1914), Simpson (1914), Lévèque (1967), Haas (1969)
Spatha (s.s.) wahlbergi var. dorsalisSimpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) maitenguensisSimpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) bozasiSimpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) brumptiSimpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) bertillonianaSimpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillainiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabulaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoniPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustrisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris var. majorPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. majorPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) haasiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia wahlbergiConnolly (1931), Curtis & Appleton (1987)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergiHaas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillainiHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanniHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabulaHaas (1936)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasiHaas (1936)
Spathopsis wahlbergiModell (1942), Van Damme (1984)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) brumptiFranc (1949)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcutaHaas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubensHaas (1969)
Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanniVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Spathopsis wahlbergi tabulaVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis rubens rubensVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis wahlbergi guillainiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergiDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia wahlbergi guillainiDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanniDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Chambardia wahlbergi tabulaDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Chambardia wahlbergiGraf & 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 tabulaVan Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)

 
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