''Aspatharia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live.
Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
* Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...
bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the family
Iridinidae
Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionida.
Genera
Genera within the family Iridinidae:
* '' Aspatharia'' Bourguignat, 1885 (monotypic)
* '' Chambardia'' Bourguignat, 1891
** '' Cham ...
.
[Aspatharia]
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Species
Species within the genus ''Aspatharia'' include:
[
* '' Aspatharia chaiziana''
* '' Aspatharia dahomeyensis''
* '' Aspatharia divaricata''
* '' Aspatharia droueti''
* '' Aspatharia marnoi''
* '' Aspatharia pangallensis''
* '' Aspatharia pfeifferiana''
* '' Aspatharia rochebrunei''
* '' Aspatharia rugifera''
* '' Aspatharia semicorrugata''
* '' Aspatharia subreniformis''
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4807736
Unionida
Bivalve genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat