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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886: nominal genera
     11 valid species

Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838)
Type species: Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Aspatharia rugifera

Asphataria Rochebrune & Germain, 1904
Rochebrune & Germain, 1904, Mém. Soc. Zool. France 17: 24.
(error for Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886)

Aspatheria Crowley, 1964
Crowley, 1964, J. of Conch. 25: ??.
(error for Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (Aspatharia)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Germain (1925)
SpathaSimpson (1900), Pallary (1903), Germain (1907), Pallary (1909), Ortmann (1910), Frierson (1913), Simpson (1914), Pallary (1924)
GlabarisSimpson (1900)
AnodontaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Martens (1900), de Gregorio (1914), Simpson (1914), Lévèque (1967), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)
Spatha (Spathella)Kobelt (1904)
MutelinaGermain (1907)
LeptospathaPallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Spatha (Leptospatha)Kobelt (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.)Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1936), Connolly (1939), ..., Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Appleton (1979)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1936), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
AspathariaClench (1929), Connolly (1931), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), ..., Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Smith (2021)
MutelaFranc (1949), Van Damme (1984)
SpathopsisVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
ChambardiaDaget (1998)

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