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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae

genus Monodacna Eichwald, 1838: species

1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Included Species

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829)

syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (0)

Range: In the Black Sea basin, including the Dnieper and Veselovsk reservoirs. Introduced to Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Monodacna acuticosta (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967) (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, northern Caspian Sea. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Monodacna albida (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967) (brackish)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Black and Caspian Seas. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Monodacna caspia (Eichwald, 1829) (brackish)

syonymy (9 available, 11 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, northern Black and Caspian seas near major river deltas. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Monodacna luciea (Borcea, 1926) (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Black Sea. (North Eurasia)

Monodacna polymorpha (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967) (brackish)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Monodacna semipellucida (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967) (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

 
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