Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797, Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 6.
Type(s): UNKNOWN USNM_86780A, Nile ? Egypt ?

Anodonta rubens — Lamarck (1819), Blainville (1825), Bory de St. Vincent (1827), Menke (1828), Menke (1830), Lea (1834), Jay (1835)
Iridina rubens — Deshayes (1832), Lea (1836), Hanley (1843), Ancey (1888)
Platiris (Spatha) rubens — Lea (1838), Sowerby (1839), Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Symphynota rubens — Swainson (1840)
Mutela (Spatha) rubens — Mörch (1853)
Spatha rubens — Adams & Adams (1857), Germain (1907)
Anodon rubens — Sowerby (1867)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Bourguignat (1886), Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha caillaudi — Kobelt (1886)
Mutela (sec. Spatha) rubens — Fischer (1887)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia rubens — Modell (1942)
Aspatharia (Chambardia) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Walker et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), ..., Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823
Cailliaud, 1823, Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 61, figs. 4-5.
Cailliaud, 1827, Voyage à Meroe 4: 263.

Anodonta arcuta — Cailliaud (1823)
Anodonta arcuata — Martens (1866)
Margaron (Anodonta) arcuta — Lea (1870)
Spatha arcuata — Jickeli (1874), Servain (1890)
Spatha (s.s.) arcuata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2007)

Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 461, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0284, Ouassoulou (Sudan Francais).

Arthropteron ouassouloui — Rochebrune (1904), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Spatha (Arthropteron) criassouloui — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui — Thiele (1934)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Anodonta rubens Cailliaud, 1823
Cailliaud, 1823, Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12.
(reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Anodonta rubens — Cailliaud (1823)
Platiris (Spatha) rubens — Lea (1852)
Spatha caillaudi — Martens (1866), Jickeli (1874), Westerlund (1890), Servain (1890)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826
Koenig, 1826, [in] Denham & Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, Appendix: 255.

Anodon clappertoni — Koenig (1826)
Iridina nilotica — Lea (1834)
Iridina rubens — Lea (1836)
Platiris (Spatha) rubens — Lea (1838), Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) clappertoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Anodonta rubens Savigny, 1827
Audouin in Savigny, 1827, Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Anodonta rubens — Savigny (1827)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)

Anodonta anataria Cristofori & Jan, 1832
Cristofori & Jan, 1832, Catalogus: 8.

Anodonta anataria — Cristofori & Jan (1832)
Spatha anataria — Jickeli (1874), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) anataria — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)

Anodonta splendens Cristofori & Jan, 1832
Cristofori in Cristofori & Jan, 1832, Catalogus: 4.

Anodonta splendens — Cristofori & Jan (1832)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839
Anton, 1839, Verz. Conchylien: 16, no. 594.

Unio (Iridina) solida — Anton (1839)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — IUCN (2010)

Anodon rubra Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 287.
(error for Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon rubra — Swainson (1840)

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)

Anodonta arcuata — Martens (1866)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2007)

Spatha baikii H. Adams, 1866
H. Adams, 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1866: 447.
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_196466, River Niger.

Spatha baikii — H. Adams (1866), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Platiris (Spatha) baikii — Lea (1870)
Spatha (s.s.) baikii — Kobelt (1910)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) baikii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866
Cailliaud, 1823, Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Audouin in Savigny, 1827, Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 9.
Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 102 [as ‘cailliaudi’].
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Spatha caillaudi — Martens (1866), Jickeli (1874), Kobelt (1886), Servain (1890), Westerlund (1890)
Platiris (Spatha) rubens — Lea (1870)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi — Bourguignat (1886), Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Spatha cailliaudi — Pallary (1924)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. caillaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)

Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 896.
Pallary, 1909, Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1316.
(error for Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Spatha cailliaudi — Martens (1866)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Anodon cappertoni Sowerby, 1870
‘Konig’ Sowerby, 1870, Conch. Icon. 17: index.
(error for Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826)

Anodon cappertoni — Sowerby (1870)

Spatha lepsii Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874, Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265, pl. 9, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_37438, Nil.

Spatha lepsii — Jickeli (1874), Servain (1890)
Spatha (s.s.) lepsii — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lepsii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)

Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886
Jousseaume, 1886, Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 492, pl. 13, figs. 3-3a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0268, Bamako, Niger.

Spatha renei — Jousseaume (1886)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi — Simpson (1900)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. renei — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) renei — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha candida Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]

Spatha candida — Servain (1890)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)

Spatha elongata Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha elongata — Servain (1890)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)

Spatha khedivialis Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]

Spatha khedivialis — Servain (1890)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)

Spatha laurenti Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha laurenti — Servain (1890)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)

Spatha letourneuxi Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha letourneuxi — Servain (1890)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Spatha cailliaudi — Pallary (1924)

Spatha rostrata Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rostrata — Servain (1890)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)

Spatha rotundata Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1905, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 489. [nomen nudum]

Spatha rotundata — Servain (1890)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)

Mitriodon falemeensis Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 463.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0246, Riviere Faleme, affluent du Senegal.

Mitriodon falemeensis — Rochebrune (1904)
Spatha (Mitriodon) falemeensis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mitriodon heudeloti Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 463.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0232, Fleuve Bakoy, affluent du Senegal.

Mitriodon heudeloti — Rochebrune (1904)
Spatha (Mitriodon) heudeloti — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Mitriodon martini Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 462.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0237, Fleuve Baffing, affluent du Senegal.

Mitriodon martini — Rochebrune (1904)
Spatha (Mitriodon) martini — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha renei var. compressa Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907, L’Afrique Centrale Française: 554.
(homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886)

Spatha renei var. compressa — Germain (1907)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei var. compressa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0213, Bassin du Chari, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.

Spatha rubens var. chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens variété chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. chudeaui — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. chudeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Spatha rubens var. rotundata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907, L’Afrique Centrale Française: 552.
(misidentified reference to Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897)

Spatha rubens var. rotundata — Germain (1907)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Arthropteron ouassoulouensis Germain, 1909
Germain, 1909, Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 52, fig. 44.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Arthropteron ouassoulouensis — Germain (1909)
Arthropteron ouassouloui — Simpson (1914)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Spatha canaida Pallary, 1909
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909, Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
(error for Spatha candida Servain, 1890)

Spatha canaida — Pallary (1909)

Spatha (Arthropteron) crassouloni Kobelt, 1910
‘Rochebrune’ Kobelt, 1910, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Spatha (Arthropteron) crassouloni — Kobelt (1910)

Spatha lhotellerii Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
(intro'd as syn of Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866)

Spatha lhotellerii — Pallary (1924)
Spatha cailliaudi — Pallary (1924)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)

Arthropteron ouassaloui Modell, 1964
‘Rochebrune’ Modell, 1964, Arch. Moll. 93: 84.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Arthropteron ouassaloui — Modell (1964)

Arthropteron aouassouloui Van Damme, 1984
‘Rochebrune’ Van Damme, 1984, Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Arthropteron aouassouloui — Van Damme (1984)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Spatha (s.s.) rubens — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) arcuata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. cailliaudi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha anataria — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha baikii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) lepsii — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Arthropteron ouassouloui — Rochebrune (1904), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mitriodon falemeensis — Rochebrune (1904)
Mitriodon heudeloti — Rochebrune (1904)
Mitriodon martini — Rochebrune (1904)
Spatha rubens — Germain (1907)
Spatha renei var. compressa — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens var. chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens variété chudeaui — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens var. rotundata — Germain (1907)
Spatha rubens var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Arthropteron ouassoulouensis — Germain (1909)
Spatha canaida — Pallary (1909)
Spatha (s.s.) baikii — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi var. renei — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Arthropteron) criassouloui — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon) falemeensis — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon) heudeloti — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Mitriodon) martini — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (Arthropteron) crassouloni — Kobelt (1910)
Spatha (s.s.) renei — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) martini — Simpson (1914)
Spatha (s.s.) rubens var. chudeaui — Simpson (1914)
Spatha cailliaudi — Pallary (1924)
Spatha lhotellerii — Pallary (1924)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Franc (1949), Leloup (1950), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) clappertoni — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) anataria — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) baikii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. caillaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lepsii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei var. compressa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. chudeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui — Thiele (1934)
Aspatharia rubens — Modell (1942)
Arthropteron ouassaloui — Modell (1964)
Aspatharia (Chambardia) rubens — Haas (1969)
Spathopsis rubens rubens — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Spathopsis rubens arcuata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Spathopsis wissmanni — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Arthropteron aouassouloui — Van Damme (1984)
Chambardia rubens rubens — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens arcuata — Daget (1998)
Chambardia rubens — Walker et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), ..., Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)