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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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genus Monodacna Eichwald, 1838: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

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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