MolluscaBase taxon details
Aspatharia dahomeyensis (I. Lea, 1859)
1353326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1353326)
accepted
Species
Anodonta dahomeyensis I. Lea, 1859 · unaccepted
Anodonta senegalensis I. Lea, 1859 · unaccepted
Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886 · unaccepted
Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904 · unaccepted
Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904 · unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
invalid: junior primary homonym of Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
recent only
(of Anodonta dahomeyensis I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11: 151-154 [after 31 May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310565
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
Note West Africa, Dahomey
From editor or global species database
Type locality West Africa, Dahomey [details]
Distribution Western Africa, from the Senegal to the Lake Chad Basin
Distribution Western Africa, from the Senegal to the Lake Chad Basin [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aspatharia dahomeyensis (I. Lea, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353326 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Anodonta dahomeyensis I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11: 151-154 [after 31 May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310565
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Anodonta senegalensis I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11: 151-154 [after 31 May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310565
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 489, pl. 13, figs 1, 1a. [details]
original description (of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 469. [details]
original description (of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 469. [details]
original description (of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907) Germain, L. (1907). Les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique centrale française. Pp. 457-617, in: A. Chevalier, <i> L'Afrique centrale française</i>. Augustin Challamel, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909458
page(s): 558, text-fig. 93. [details]
original description (of Aspatharia 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 record van 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 source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Anodonta senegalensis I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11: 151-154 [after 31 May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310565
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 489, pl. 13, figs 1, 1a. [details]
original description (of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 469. [details]
original description (of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 469. [details]
original description (of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907) Germain, L. (1907). Les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique centrale française. Pp. 457-617, in: A. Chevalier, <i> L'Afrique centrale française</i>. Augustin Challamel, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909458
page(s): 558, text-fig. 93. [details]
original description (of Aspatharia 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 record van 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 source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
