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

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species Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926): synonymy
     5 specimens + 20 Genbank vouchers

Margaritana margaritifera middendorffi Rosén, 1926
Rosén, 1926. Ann. Mus. Zool. Leningrad 27: 269.

Margaritana middendorffiZhadin (1938), Zhadin (1965), Bába (2000)
Margaritifera margaritifera middendorffiHaas (1940)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera middendorffiHaas (1969)
Margaritifera laevisHabe (1977)
Dahurinaia middendorffiZatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) middendorffiZiuganov et al. (1994)
Margaritanopsis middendorffiiD.G. Smith (2001)
Kurilinaia middendorffiBogatov et al. (2003), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera middendorffiGraf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Bolotov et al. (2015), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Douda et al. (2024), Chen et al. (2025)
Margaritifera (s.s.) middendorffiBolotov et al. (2016)
Margaritifera middendorffiiVikhrev et al. (2018)
Margaritifera middendorffi middendorffiBogatov (2022)

Kurilinaia kamchatica Bogatov et al., 2003
Bogatov et al., 2003. Ruthenica 13(1): 48, figs. 4A, C.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_011, Golygina River, Kamchatka Peninsula.

Kurilinaia kamchaticaBogatov et al. (2003), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera middendorffiGraf (2007), IUCN (2011), Bolotov et al. (2015)
Dahurinaia kamchaticaVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera middendorffi kamchaticaBogatov (2022)

Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004
‘Haas’ of Authors.
Huff et al., 2004. J. Moll. Studies 70: 381.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Araujo et al., 2009. J. Moll. Studies 75(2): 97. [in part]
Takeuchi et al., 2015. Mollusc. Res. 35(4): 220. [in part]

Margaritifera middendorffiBolotov et al. (2015), Araujo et al. (2016), Lopes-Lima et al. (2018)
Margaritifera (s.s.) middendorffiBolotov et al. (2016)
Margaritifera middendorffiiVikhrev et al. (2018)

Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005
Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005. Venus 64(3-4): 136, figs. 5-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NSMT-MO_73707, Sakasa River at Togakushi (136°6’ E, 36°45’ N, 1200 m altitude), Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Margaritifera togakushiensisKondo & Kobayashi (2005), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Bogan (2010), Bolotov et al. (2015), Takeuchi et al. (2015), Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Sano et al. (2020)
Margaritifera (s.s.) middendorffiBolotov et al. (2016)
Margaritifera middendorffiAraujo et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Margaritifera kurilensisBogatov (2022)

Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851
‘Solander’ Middendorff, 1851. Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 273, pl. 27, figs. 1-6.

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Margaritana middendorffiZhadin (1938)
Margaritifera margaritifera middendorffiHaas (1940)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera middendorffiHaas (1969)
Kurilinaia middendorffiBogatov et al. (2003), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera middendorffiBolotov et al. (2015)
Dahurinaia middendorffiVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Margaritana middendorffiZhadin (1938), Zhadin (1965), Bába (2000)
Margaritifera margaritifera middendorffiHaas (1940)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera middendorffiHaas (1969)
Margaritifera laevisHabe (1977)
Dahurinaia middendorffiZatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) middendorffiZiuganov et al. (1994)
Margaritanopsis middendorffiiD.G. Smith (2001)
Kurilinaia middendorffiBogatov et al. (2003), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia kamchaticaBogatov et al. (2003), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera togakushiensisKondo & Kobayashi (2005), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Bogan (2010), Bolotov et al. (2015), Takeuchi et al. (2015), Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Sano et al. (2020)
Margaritifera middendorffiGraf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Bolotov et al. (2015), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Douda et al. (2024), Chen et al. (2025)
Margaritifera (s.s.) middendorffiBolotov et al. (2016)
Dahurinaia kamchaticaVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera middendorffiiVikhrev et al. (2018)
Margaritifera middendorffi middendorffiBogatov (2022)
Margaritifera middendorffi kamchaticaBogatov (2022)
Margaritifera kurilensisBogatov (2022)

 
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