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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Zatravkin (1983): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Zatravkin, M.N. 1983. Unionidae in the fauna of the USSR and their role as intermediate hosts of Trematoda and as eliminators of cercariae. [in] I.M. Likharev, ed. Molluscs. Their Systematics, Ecology and Distribution: 40-44.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Amuranodonta parva Moskvicheva, 1973 = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Amuranodonta starobogatovi Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia suifunica

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta stagnalis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta zellensis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Batavusiana (Crassunio) crassa (Phillipsson in Reczius [sic], 1788) = Unio crassus

Batavusiana (s.s.) fuscula (Rossmaessler, 1836) = Unio nanus

Batavusiana (s.s.) gregorii (Kobelt, 1912) = Unio gontierii

Batavusiana (s.s.) irenjensis (Kobelt, 1912) = Unio crassus

Batavusiana (s.s.) mingrelica (Drouet, 1881) = Unio gontierii

Batavusiana (s.s.) musiva (Spengler, 1793) = Unio crassus
+ Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807

Batavusiana (s.s.) nana (Lamarck, 1799) = Unio nanus

Batavusiana (s.s.) sobriewskii (Rosén, 1925) = Unio gontierii

Batavusiana (s.s.) stevenianiformis (Shadin, 1938) = Unio gontierii

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Beringiana taranetzi (Shadin, 1938) = Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana youkonensis [sic] (Lea, 1867) = Beringiana beringiana

Buldowskia cylindrica Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905)

Buldowskia sujfunensis [sic] (Shadin, 1938) = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia sujfunica [sic] (Lindholm, 1925) = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia suputinensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia suifunica

Colletopterum cyreum (Drouet, 1881) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum minimum (Millet, 1883) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum piscinale (Nilsson, 1823) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum ponderosum (Pfaiffer, 1855) [sic] = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum seisanensise (Kobelt, 1912) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum subcirculare (Clessin, 1873) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870

Colletopterum subcirculare (Clessin, 1873) = Anodonta exulcerata

Cristaria herculea (Middendorff, 1847) = Cristaria plicata

Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria plicata

Dahurinaia dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Dahurinaia laevis (Haas, 1910) = Margaritifera laevis

Dahurinaia middendorffi (Rosen, 1926) = Margaritifera middendorffi

Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Margaritifera dahurica

Eolymnium (s.s.) terminalis (Bourguignat, 1836) [sic] = Unio terminalis

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) araxenum (Drouet, 1881) = Unio mardinensis

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) byzantinum (Drouet, 1881) = Unio gontierii
+ Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) byzantinum (Drouet, 1881) = Unio vicarius

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) colchicum (Drouet, 1881) = Unio gontierii

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) kutaisianum [sic] (Kobelt, 1912) [sic] = Unio gontierii

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) raddei (Drouet, 1881) = Unio gontierii

Kunashiria haconensis (Ihering, 1893) = Beringiana japonica

Kunashiria japonica (Clessin, 1874) = Beringiana japonica

Lanceolaria (Pericylindrica) chankensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria (Pericylindrica) maacki Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria (Pericylindrica) ussuriensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitiana Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) hassanica Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadini Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskii Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) arsenjevi [sic] Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Nodularia douglasiae

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolica (Middendorff, 1851) = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio) maihensis Moskv. et. Star., 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio) sujfunensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Nodularia abbreviata (Westerlund, 1897) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia amurensis (Mousson, 1887) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia flavoviridis Haas, 1910 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia middendorffi (West., 1897) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia schrencki (Westerlund, 1897) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia sujfunica Moskvicheva, 1973 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia vladivostokensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Nodularia douglasiae

Potomida armeniaca (Kobelt, 1912) = Unio mardinensis

Potomida komarovi [sic] (Boettger, 1880) = Unio mardinensis

Pseudanodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmaessler, 1835)

Pseudanodonta elongata (Holandre, 1836) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta kletti (Rossmaessler, 1835) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Sinanodonta (Anemina) buldowski Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia shadini

Sinanodonta (Anemina) fuscoviridis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia shadini

Sinanodonta (Anemina) shadini Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia shadini

Sinanodonta (Cristariopsis) crassitesta Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta (s.s.) amurensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta (s.s.) fukudai Modell, 1945 = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta (s.s.) gibba (Benson, 1855) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta (s.s.) likharevi Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta (s.s.) orbicularis (Heude, 1877) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta (s.s.) puerorum (Heude, 1880) = Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta (s.s.) schrencki Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Unio (s.s.) kalmykorum Bogachev, 1924 = Unio pictorum

Unio (s.s.) limosus Nilsson, 1822 = Unio pictorum

Unio (s.s.) muelleri Rossmaessler, 1838 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio (s.s.) rostratus Lamarck, 1799 [sic] = Unio pictorum

Unio (Tumidusiana) conus Spengler, 1793 = Unio tumidus

Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidus Phillipsson, 1788 = Unio tumidus