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Wed 06 Mar 2024

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 chaiziana (Rang, 1835): specimens
     12 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Aspatharia chaizianaGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Van Damme et al. (2010), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia tawaiiGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)

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

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Cameroon

specimen
MNHN_MP_0326

El Beid (N. Cameroon)

   

Central African Republic

specimen
MNHN_MP_2

Bougouman, Bas Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0199

Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi

 

MNHN_mp_0352 Bougouman, su de les bords du fleive Oubangui-Chari


Chad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0470

bords du Chari, Tchad

specimen
UMMZ_248791

Chiara River, sand bars at N’Djamena, Republic of Chad

specimen
MRAC_798075

Lac Tchad

specimen
MRAC_799007

Nigeria: Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0343

Delta du Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0331

Le Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0341

le Logone 120 km amont de Bougor

specimen
SMF_12240

Fort Archembault

specimen
SMF_12240B

Fort Archembault, am Schari, Fr. Kongo


Egypt

specimen
MCZ_154493

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
ZMB_1665A

Aegypten

specimen
USNM_86470

Egypt


Mali

specimen
MNHN_MP_0478

Diafarabe (Afrique Occi)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0503

Entre Bomba et Tombouctou, Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0511

Diafarabe, Afrique

specimen
FMNH_293186

River Bani, Mali

specimen
MNHN_MP_0329

Rapides du Bafing

specimen
MNHN_MP_0337

Gao, Niger


Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0334

Begra bords du Komadougou, Bornou

specimen
MNHN_MP_0321

Gourao (Niger)

 

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0289

Senegal

specimen
ZMB_21840

Senegal

specimen
SMF_12229B

A.d. Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0507

Marigot de Taway

specimen
MNHN_MP_0508

Marigot de Taway, Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0509

Senegal

specimen
SMF_12244

Senegambia

specimen
SMF_12239

Senegal, bei St. Louis

specimen
SMF_12243

Senegal

specimen
ANSP_41813

Senegal

specimen
UMMZ_111917

Gorée, Senegal, Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0414

Senegal...

specimen
MCZ_MP.224

Senegal

specimen
MCZ_MP.231

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0217

Senegal

specimen
MRAC_57510

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0336

Marigot de Babagaih [Senegal]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0335

Senegal

specimen
BMNH_40-2-22-22

Senegal

specimen
BMNH_57-2-16-3

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0662

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0676

Senegal

specimen
UMMZ_111925

Senegal, West Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0725

Senegal

specimen
SMF_12245

Senegal

specimen
DMNH_173142

Senegal E. Africa

 

Sierra Leone

specimen
MRAC_57515

Sierra Leon

   

Sudan

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0292

Kordofan

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0300

Fachoda

specimen
ZMB_MP_0037

Kordofan

specimen
MCZ_154121

Kordofan, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

specimen
UMMZ_248926

Swampy area N of Kosti Bridge, White Nile River, Sudan

specimen
UMMZ_248927

Swampy bank of White Nile N of Kosti, Sudan & across from Aba Is.

specimen
UMMZ_111961

Fachoda, Anglo Egyptian Sudan

specimen
UMMZ_248924

Swampy bank of White Nile N of Kosti, Sudan & across from Aba Is.

specimen
ZMB_48774

Sennar

specimen
MCZ_289034

White Nile, Khartoum, Sudan

specimen
ZMB_68783

Kordofan

specimen
MCZ_88901

Chel River, near Nyamlel, Equatoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

specimen
MRAC_57509

S. Soudan: El Duim

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-903

S of Melut, S Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1900-10-24

White Nile

specimen
BMNH_65-1-3-10

Victoria Nyanza or Nile above 14° N lat.

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-900-901

Lake Shambe, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-881

Kodok, Fashoda, S Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-902

near Mogran, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-882-884

Ad-Duwem, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-890-891

Tawila, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-888-889

Ad-Duwem, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-909-911

Lake Shambe, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-898

Koste, S Sudan

specimen
USNM_215187

White Nile, Gordon Tree, above Khartoum

   

BMNH_1912-6-8-898 Koste, S. Sudan


unknown

specimen
BMNH_46-7-24-13-14

Nile River

specimen
BMNH_46-7-24-20

Nile River

specimen
ZMB_MP_0053

Nil

specimen
ZMB_MP_0051

Land

specimen
ZMB_23863

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0513

[no locality available - West Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0514

Le Nil

specimen
SMF_12241

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
ANSP_41814

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
ANSP_125473

Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111926

West Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0348

Nil

specimen
MRAC_57513

Africa

specimen
MNHN_MP_0333

Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0338

A.E.F. [French Equatorial Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0469_02

Niger

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0657

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0663

Lac Albert-Edward

specimen
SMF_12242

[no locality available - Africa]

   

ansp_9057

UMMZ_111922_01

UMMZ_46220

ANSP_125472 [no locality available - Africa]

Page updated: 16:26:47 Wed 06 Mar 2024

 
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