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

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Publication Ziuganov et al. (1994): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ziuganov, V., A. Zotin, L. Nezlin & V. Tretiakov. 1994. The freshwater pearl mussels and their relationships with salmonid fish. 104 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Margaritana dernaica Pallary, 1928
+ Margaritana marocana Pallary, 1918
+ Margaritana redomica Pallary, 1923
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Lea, 1836
+ Unio margaritanopsis Locard, 1889
+ Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
+ Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1854

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
+ Margaritana alleni Locard, 1899
+ Margaritana durrovensis Phillips, 1928
+ Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817
+ Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Margaritana michaudi Locard, 1889
+ Margaritana pyrenaica Locard, 1889
+ Margaritana tenerus Ziuganov et al., 1994
+ Margaritana vulgaris Ziuganov et al., 1994
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio tristis Morelet, 1845

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Margaritifera marrianae Johnson, R.I., 1983

Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica
+ Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Dahurinaia (s.s.) tiunovae Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Unio dahurius of Authors, unknown year

Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) laevis (Haas, 1910) = Margaritifera laevis
+ Dahurinaia kurilensis Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938
+ Dahurinaia shigini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Margaritifera owadaensis Noda, 1970
+ Margaritifera otatumei Suzuki, 1942
+ Margaritifera perhahurica of Authors, unknown year

Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) middendorffi (Rosén, 1926) = Margaritifera middendorffi