Pleiodon macmurtrei Conrad, 1834
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225.
Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927, Bull. AMNH 53: 443.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 601.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57.
Daget, 1998, Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834)

Anodonta arcuata Martens, 1866
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874, Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
Van Damme, 1984, Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999, EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)

Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932
Gardner, 1932, Mém. Inst. Égypte 18: 86, pl. 8, figs. 15-18.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 124.
(error for Pisidium clarkeanum Nevill & Nevill, 1871; misidentified reference to Pisidium clarkeanum Nevill & Nevill, 1871)

Caelatura (Zairia) cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
Mandahl-Barth, 1954, Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 135. text fig. 70.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 17, fig. 86.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_517603, Lac Victoria, Hannington Baie.

Caelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Mandahl-Barth, 1968, Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 54, pl. 3, fig. 1; pl. 10, figs. 9-10.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 29, figs. 134-135.
Type(s): TOPOTYPE MRAC_797303, Zaire: Lac de barrage de la Kipopo.

Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Mandahl-Barth, 1968, Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 53, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 10, fig. 6.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 28, fig. 109.

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 85, figs. 81-82.
Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN, Zambezi River, between Kariba and Chirundu.

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

Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea Mandahl-Barth, 1988
‘von Martens’ Mandahl-Barth, 1954, Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 159, fig. 79 [as ‘Spatha caillaudi’].
Mandahl-Barth, 1988, Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 76, fig. 49.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)
+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835
+ Spatha pangallensis Rochebrune, 1882
+ Spatha mabillei Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha rochebrunei Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha tristis Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha bourguignati Germain, 1906
+ Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886
+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962

Aspatharia divaricata (von Martens, 1897)

Aspatharia droueti (Chaper, 1885)
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) stuhlmanni variété comoensis Germain, 1908

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)
+ Anodon subreniformis Sowerby, 1867
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela sarae Preston, 1913
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis Lévèque, 1974

Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858)
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
+ Spatha corrugata Dautzenberg, 1893
+ Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) droueti var. roseotincta Dautzenberg, 1921

Aspatharia semicorrugata (Preston, 1910)
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1885

Caelatura [sic] acuminatus (Adams, H., 1866)

Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
+ Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827
+ Unio juliani Rang, 1835
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848
+ Unio rugifer Küster, 1856
+ Unio decampsianus Wattebled, 1884
+ Unio essoensis Chaper, 1885
+ Pharaonia misraimica Servain, 1890
+ Unio (Grandidieria) tsadianus Martens, 1903
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906
+ Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) chivoti Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini variété chudeaui Germain, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) koehleri Germain, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) nguigmiensis Germain, 1909
+ Unio jourdyi Germain, 1912
+ Unio (Nodularia) jeanneli Germain, 1913
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) sobaensis Preston, 1914
+ Caelatura mesafricana Binder, 1958

Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca bakeri (Adams, H., 1866)

Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensis (Küster, 1862)
+ Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
+ Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912
+ Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897)
+ Unio ngesianus Martens, 1897
+ Parreysia regis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Caelatura [sic] alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)

Caelatura [sic] bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886
+ Unio stagnorum Dautzenberg, 1890
+ Caelatura (Laevirostris) stagnorum bomae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Caelatura (Laevirostris?) rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Caelatura [sic] briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)

Caelatura [sic] burtoni (Woodward, 1859)
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1886

Caelatura [sic] choziensis (Preston, 1910)
+ Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936

Caelatura [sic] cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Caelatura [sic] hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
+ Unio (Grandidieria) rothschildi Neuville & Anthony, 1906
+ Caelatura hauttecoeuri kyogae Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Caelatura [sic] horei (Smith, E.A., 1880)

Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymna (von Martens, 1897)

Caelatura [sic] kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
+ Parreysia mweruensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Caelatura choziensis luapulaensis Haas, 1936

Caelatura [sic] kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)
+ Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920
+ Nodularia croninae Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925

Caelatura [sic] leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)
+ Caelatura graueri Haas, 1927

Caelatura [sic] lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
+ Parreysia nyangensis Frierson, 1913
+ Parreysia loboensis Frierson, 1913

Caelatura [sic] luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)

Caelatura [sic] monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)
+ Unio lourdeli Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio (Grandidieria) chefneuxi Neuville & Anthony, 1906

Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)
+ Unio liederi Martens, 1897
+ Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925

Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908)
+ Mesafra mesafricana stappersi Haas, 1936
+ Caelatura (Kistinaia) schoutedeni Haas, 1936
+ Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Caelatura [sic] nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

Caelatura [sic] ratidota (Charmes, 1885)
+ Unio ambifarius Martens, 1897

Caelatura [sic] teretiusculus (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensis Germain, 1906
+ Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906
+ Unio (Nodularia) gaillardi Germain, 1909

Caelatura [sic] ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881)
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Ruellania nyassaensis Leloup, 1950

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
+ Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912

Corbicula astartina Martens, 1860
+ Corbicula radiata Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Corbicula albida albida Haas, 1936
+ Corbicula albida rosini Haas, 1936

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)
+ Cyrena consobrina Cailliaud, 1823
+ Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846
+ Cyrena pusilla Philippi, 1846
+ Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848
+ Corbicula difficilis Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula delessertiana Prime, 1870
+ Corbicula zelebori Jickeli, 1874
+ Corbicula heuglini Clessin, 1877
+ Corbicula senegalensis Clessin, 1877
+ Corbicula meridionalis Clessin, 1877
+ Corbicula alba Clessin, 1877
+ Corbicula jickeli Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula nilotica Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
+ Corbicula callipyga Bourguignat, 1885
+ Corbicula gravieriana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1889
+ Corbicula artini Pallary, 1903
+ Corbicula doufilei Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
+ Corbicula kynganica Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula subtruncata Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula cameroni Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula fischeri Germain, 1907
+ Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909
+ Corbicula gabonensis Preston, 1909
+ Corbicula africana Daget, 1961

Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848)
+ Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula natalensis Clessin, 1877
+ Cyrena (Corbicula) radiata E.A. Smith, 1877
+ Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1880
+ Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889
+ Corbicula astartina Haas, 1936

Corbicula fluminalis cunningtoni (Smith, 1906)
+ Corbicula radiata Martens, 1897
+ Corbicula radiata edwardi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Corbicula africana albertiana Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Corbicula fluminalis tanganyicensis (Crosse, 1881)
+ Cyrena radiata E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Corbicula tanganikana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Corbicula foai Mabille, 1901
+ Corbicula lavigeriana Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula jouberti Germain, 1906

Corbicula fluminalis tsadiana von Martens, 1903
+ Corbicula lacoini Germain, 1905
+ Corbicula tchadiensis Germain, 1916

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)
+ Pisum parasiticum Deshayes, 1854
+ Eupera mediafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)
+ Eupera mediafricana etheriarum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793)
+ Margaritana marocana Pallary, 1918
+ Margaritifera maroccana Haas, 1940

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)
+ Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894
+ Mutela cuneata Preston, 1910
+ Mutela opalescens Preston, 1910

Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909

Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885
+ Mutela bourguignati var. smithi Martens, 1897

Mutela carrei (Putzeys, 1898)
+ Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908

Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
+ Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
+ Iridina striata Swainson, 1823
+ Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868
+ Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904
+ Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906
+ Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906
+ Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909

Mutela dubia emini von Martens, 1897

Mutela dubia garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mutela (s.s.) garambae praetenuis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823)
+ Spatha (Mutela) plicata Martens, 1866
+ Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924

Mutela franci Daget, 1964
+ Mutela carrei Franc, 1949

Mutela hargeri hargeri (Smith, E.A., 1908)

Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936

Mutela hirundo (von Martens, 1881)
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823)
+ Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834
+ Pleiodon (s.s.) waterstoni Pain & Woodward, 1964

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
+ Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838
+ Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina joubini Germain, 1904
+ Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924
+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mutela (s.s.) langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885
+ Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Mutela moineti Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela spekei [sic] (Woodward, 1859)
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Cameronia gigantea Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988

Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774)

Pisidium armillatum Kuiper, 1966

Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
+ Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911

Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931

Pisidium fistulosum Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Pisidium hermosum Bourguignat, 1888

Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964

Pisidium invenustum Kuiper, 1966

Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911
+ Sphaerium kigeziense Preston, 1912
+ Pisidium katangense Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1891

Pisidium milium Held, 1836

Pisidium montigenum Kuiper, 1966

Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832

Pisidium ovampicum Ancey, 1890
+ Pisidium georgeanum Kuiper, 1952

Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881
+ Pisidium (Fossarina) casertanum var. alexandrina Pallary, 1909
+ Pisidium costulosum Haas, 1936
+ Pisidium clarckeanum var. exilis Favre, 1943
+ Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
+ Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957

Pisidium reticulatum Kuiper, 1966

Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855

Pisidium viridarium Kuiper, 1956

Prisodontopsis johnstoni (Smith, E.A., 1893)

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880)

Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck, 1801)
+ Unio fellmanni Deshayes, 1847

Spathopsis anceyi (Bourguignat, 1885)
+ Moncetia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886

Spathopsis dautzenbergi (Haas, 1936)
+ Aspatharia wahlbergi Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Spathopsis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)
+ Spathella kirki Ancey, 1894
+ Spatha approximans Preston, 1910
+ Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913

Spathopsis petersi (von Martens, 1860)
+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864

Spathopsis rubens arcuata [sic] (Cailliaud, 1823)
+ Anodonta rubens Cailliaud, 1823
+ Anodonta anataria Cristofori & Jan, 1832
+ Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866
+ Spatha lepsii Jickeli, 1874
+ Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903

Spathopsis rubens rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826
+ Anodonta splendens Cristofori & Jan, 1832
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839
+ Spatha baikii H. Adams, 1866
+ Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886
+ Mitriodon martini Rochebrune, 1904
+ Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904
+ Spatha rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907
+ Spatha renei var. compressa Germain, 1907
+ Spatha adansoni var. major Germain, 1917

Spathopsis trapezia ovoidea Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Spatha caillaudi Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Spathopsis trapezia trapezia (von Martens, 1897)
+ Spatha trapezia var. senilis Martens, 1897
+ Aspatharia subaequilatera Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Spathopsis wahlbergi bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1885)
+ Spatha subaequilatera Martens, 1887
+ Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889
+ Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889
+ Spatha baumanni Sturany, 1894
+ Spatha martensi Sturany, 1894
+ Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897

Spathopsis wahlbergi guillaini (Récluz, 1850)
+ Spatha bourguignati Kobelt, 1910
+ Spatha haasi Pilsbry, 1923

Spathopsis wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866)
+ Spatha marnoi Jickeli, 1874
+ Spathella fourtaui Pallary, 1903
+ Spathella bozasi Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
+ Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904

Spathopsis wahlbergi tabula (Sowerby, 1867)
+ Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha bourguignati var. major Germain, 1906

Spathopsis wahlbergi wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
+ Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894
+ Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897
+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898
+ Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha bertilloniana Preston, 1910

Spathopsis wahlbergi welwitschi (Morelet, 1868)

Spathopsis wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Mitriodon falemeensis Rochebrune, 1904
+ Mitriodon heudeloti Rochebrune, 1904
+ Aspatharia rubens Leloup, 1950

Sphaerium bequaerti (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)
+ Cyclas capensis Jickeli, 1874
+ Sphaerium subcapense Bourguignat, 1883
+ Sphaerium stuhlmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Sphaerium hartmanni var. congicum Haas, 1936

Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848)
+ Cyclas (Sphaerium) madagascariensis Tristram, 1863

Sphaerium hartmanni bangweolicum Haas, 1936

Sphaerium hartmanni courteti (Germain, 1904)

Sphaerium hartmanni hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)
+ Sphærium (Corneola) teilhardi Pallary, 1909
+ Sphærium (Corneola) pharaonum Pallary, 1909

Sphaerium hartmanni naivashaense (Preston, 1912)

Sphaerium incomitatum (Kuiper, 1966)

Sphaerium lacustre (Müller, 1774)
+ Sphaerium ddingoii Prime, 1862
+ Sphaerium ovale Bourguignat, 1864

Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)

Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae Smith, 1892

Sphaerium regularis (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897

Sphaerium victoriae albertianum Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Sphaerium victoriae lacuum Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Sphaerium victoriae mohasicum (Thiele, 1911)

Sphaerium victoriae victoriae Smith, 1906
+ Sphaerium nyanzae Martens, 1897
+ Sphaerium congener Preston, 1912

Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866

Unio elongatulus Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio elongatulus dembeae Sowerby, 1865
+ Unio aeneus Jickeli, 1874
+ Unio (Nodularia) erlangeri Kobelt, 1910

Unio elongatulus durieui DeShayes, 1847
+ Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio (Limnium) subpictorum Pallary, 1936