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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!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia

species Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859): specimens
     17 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Aspatharia dahomeyensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia complanataBogan (2010)
Aspatharia pfeifferianaIUCN (2010)
Aspatharia nigeriensisBogan (2010)

Range: From the Senegal to the Lake Chad Basin, including the Niger River, western Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Benin

specimen
MNHN_MP_0381

Dahomey, cercle de Zagnanado, sur le rivieres du Bas Oueme a Dogba

specimen
MNHN_MP_0426

Dahomey

specimen
MNHN_MP_0443

Dahomey, bords de l’Oueme, pres Zagnanado

specimen
MNHN_MP_0448

Dogba

specimen
MNHN_MP_0466

Dahomey, cercle de Zagnanado, sur les rivieres du Bas Oueme a Dogba

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0295

Dogla (Dahomey)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0296

...Oueme... Dahomey

specimen
ZMB_47531

Dahomey Lagune b. Kotonu

specimen
SMF_12206

Lagune von Cotonou, Dahomey

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0406

Lagune de Kotomou

specimen
BMNH_1965163

Dahomey, West Africa

specimen
BMNH_1965164

Dahomey, West Africa

specimen
MRAC_57373

Dahomey

specimen
MNHN_MP_0606B

Dahomey: Cercle de Zagnanado sur les rives du bas Ouémé à [Asuandjitomé]

 

Burkina Faso

specimen
MCZ_288397

White Volta, 53 [23?] km fr, Ouagadougou at bridge on rd. to Fada N’Gourma, Ivory Coast

   

Cameroon

specimen
ZMB_MP_0006

Benue

specimen
MRAC_798071

Lac Tchad: El Beid

specimen
MNHN_MP_0369

El Beid (Nord Cameroon)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0367

Daga, El Beid (Nord Cameroon)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0370

El Beid (Nord Cameroon)

 

Central African Republic

specimen
MNHN_MP_0433

Mamoun, Territoire du Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0441

Region de Bossangoa (Oub Chari, Central African Rep.)

specimen
ZMB_MP_0052

Uam bei Bosum

specimen
MCZ_172818

Fort Crampel, French Equatorial Africa

specimen
MNHN_MP_0202

Territoire du Chari, Mamoun

specimen
MRAC_57413

Chari: Lac Bangoran

specimen
MNHN_MP_0309

Territore de Chari, Mamoun, pays de Senoussi

   

Chad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0382

Bongor (Logone)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0383

Delta du Chari, Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0384

Bas Tuiga parc national d’Zakoumo, Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0464

Le Bas Chari

specimen
UMMZ_111945

Lake Tchad, North Central Africa

specimen
SMF_12203

Tchad See

specimen
MNHN_MP_0921

Chari, Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0365

Mailao sur le Chari, Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0366

Ft. Archambault

specimen
MNHN_MP_0375

Territoire du Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0332

Mayo Kebi près e Lére (Tchad)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0373

Mayo Kebi près e Lére (Tchad)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0723

Chari

   

Côte d'Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_0423

Côte d’Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_0434

Danane, Cote d’Ivoire

specimen
MCZ_214343

Agboville, Ivory Coast

specimen
MRAC_249693

Bagoi, Côte d’Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_0330

Côte d’Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_0380

Riviere Bagoe a Boundiali, Cote d’Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_0439

Riviere Bagoe a Boundiali, Cote d’Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_1216

Le Bou, affluent de la Bandama, a Suasso, Cote d’Ivoire

 

Ghana

specimen
BMNH_1930-6-25-11

Oda, Gold Coast

specimen
BMNH_7-31-52-3

Upper Ashanti

 

Guinea

specimen
MNHN_MP_0427

Sambailo (Cercle de Gaoual), Guinee Francaise

specimen
MNHN_MP_0438

Cercle de Mamou, Guinee

 

Liberia

specimen
MCZ_164405

Suah Koko, Liberia

specimen
MCZ_77432

Suehn, Liberia

specimen
MCZ_MP.223

Suah Koko, Liberia


Mali

specimen
MNHN_MP_0444

Bandiagara

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0287

Koulikoro, Niger

specimen
FMNH_293182

River Niger, Bamako, Mali

specimen
FMNH_293181

River Niger, Bamako, Mali

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0413

Bamako... le Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0362

Diafarabe


Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0437

bords de la Komadougou

specimen
MNHN_MP_0445

Gourao

specimen
MNHN_MP_0363

Gourao (Niger)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0364

Bosso embre de la Komadougou

specimen
MNHN_MP_0371

Gourao (Niger)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0372

Gourao (Niger)


Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_MP_378

Ibadan, S. Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_90-10-27-1-3

Omu River, Lagos

specimen
MNHN_MP_0442

Boussa (Northern Nigeria)

specimen
BMNH_MP_400

Upper Gongola, N Nigeria

specimen
UMMZ_111947

Lagos, Nigeria, Africa

specimen
SMF_12205

A.d. Benue b. Numan, Ostl Nigerien

specimen
MRAC_57374

Lagos

specimen
MRAC_57508

Niger: Kachikoko

specimen
MNHN_MP_0261

Boussa, Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_MP_232

Reservior in the Savanna area of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_1940-7-13-34-39

Kaduna River, W Kaduna, N. Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_MP_224

Nko, Obubra Division, S Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_MP_223

Numan, Burutu, NE Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_90-10-27-1-6

Lagos, W Africa

 

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0435

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0294

Senegal

specimen
ZMB_21841

Senegal

specimen
ZMB_MP_0062

Senegal

specimen
MCZ_102526

Senegal River, Senegal

specimen
USNM_126491

Senegal

specimen
USNM_126881

Upper Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0581

Senegal

specimen
UMMZ_111946

Upper Senegal River, Sudan

specimen
SMF_12204

Senegal

specimen
MCZ_MP.230

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0221

Foula Dongo, Niger

specimen
MRAC_57394

Ht Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0562

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0378

Niokolo Koba

specimen
MNHN_MP_0379

Pres St. Louis (Senegal)

specimen
BMNH_MP_231

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0440

Niokolo Koba, Senegal

specimen
BMNH_1965167

Senegal

specimen
BMNH_1965168

Senegal

specimen
UMMZ_110041

Senegal, West Africa

specimen
MRAC_58607

Senegal River

specimen
AMS_127040

Senegal

 

unknown

specimen
MNHN_MP_0446

Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0479

Niger...

specimen
ANSP_125476

Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111948

Africa

specimen
SMF_83017

Haut Niger

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0408

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
BMNH_99-9-5-4

Niger River

specimen
MNHN_MP_0919

Hte Volta, Region de Fava

specimen
MNHN_MP_0999_01

Niger

specimen
BMNH_5-2-28-6

West Africa

specimen
MRAC_97608

Benue River, N. Nigeria

 

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