Aspatharia Bourguignat 1885 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Unionida - Iridinidae
Parent taxon: Aspathariinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Peters 1990
Sister taxon: Spathopsis
Subtaxa: Aspatharia rubens
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Niger (3), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (7), Uganda (1)
• Pliocene of Malawi (1)
Total: 15 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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