original description(ofAspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962)Daget, J. (1962). Note sur les <i>Aspatharia</i> (Mutelidae) de l'Ouest Africain. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 102: 16-43. page(s): 25, figs 14, 15. [details]
basis of recordvan Damme D. (1984). The freshwater mollusca of Northern Africa: Distribution, biogeography and paleoecology. <em>Developments in Hydrobiology.</em> 25: 1-163. page(s): 63, figs. 88, 89 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceGraf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online athttp://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western Africa, from the Senegal to the Lake Chad Basin [details] Type locality West Africa, Dahomey [details]