original description
(of Spatha wissmanni E. von Martens, 1883) Martens, E. von. (1883). Vorlegung einige centralafrikanischer, von Dr. R. Böhm und Lieutenant Wissmann gesammelten Conchylien. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883: 71-74 [22 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789363#page/81/
page(s): 73. [details]
original description
(of Spatha bellamyi 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): 491, pl. 13, figs 2, 2a. [details]
original description
(of Spatha oppicata Germain, 1913) Germain, L. (1913). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique Ḗquatoriale. <em>Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 19(1): 282-298, plates 11-12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5052073
page(s): 292.; note: Manuscript name from Rochebrune [details]
basis of record
Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
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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]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubi and Lubilash (or Sankurra) rivers [details]