''Aspatharia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of freshwater
mussel
Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...
, an
aquatic bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the family
Iridinidae
Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionida
Unionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs.Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). ''Classif ...
.
[Aspatharia]
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Species
Species within the genus ''Aspatharia'' include:
[
* '']Aspatharia chaiziana
''Aspatharia'' is a genus of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Iridinidae. ''
* '' Aspatharia dahomeyensis''
* '' Aspatharia divaricata''
* '' Aspatharia droueti''
* ''Aspatharia marnoi
''Aspatharia'' is a genus of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Iridinidae
Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionida
Unionida is a monophyletic ord ...
''
* '' Aspatharia pangallensis''
* '' Aspatharia pfeifferiana''
* '' Aspatharia rochebrunei''
* ''Aspatharia rugifera
''Aspatharia'' is a genus of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Iridinidae. ''
* '' Aspatharia semicorrugata''
* '' Aspatharia subreniformis''
References
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Unionida
Bivalve genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat