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

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genus Nodularia Conrad, 1853: synonymy
     14 Recent valid species (15 total species)

Nodularia Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(renamed Nodularidia Cockerell, 1901)
Type species: Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 (orig. desig.) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularidia Cockerell, 1901
Cockerell, 1901. Science 13: 984.
(new name for Nodularia Conrad, 1853)

Oxynaia Haas, 1911
Haas, 1911. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 43): pls. 14-16.
Haas, 1913. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 47): 152.
Haas, 1913. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 45: 34.
Type species: Unio jourdyi Morlet, 1886 (orig. desig.) = Nodularia douglasiae

Amurunio Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987. Biv. Far East: 60.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Nodularia Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Nodularia lebedevi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984 (orig. desig.) = Nodularia douglasiae

Magadaninaia Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992
Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992. Zool. Zhur. 71: 19.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Nodularia Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Nodularia (Magadaninaia) extremalis Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992 (orig. desig.) = Nodularia douglasiae

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Haas (1911), Haas (1911), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Korniushin (1998), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bogatov (2012)
Unio (Nodularia)Martens (1905), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1908), Zhadin (1938)
UnioDautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), de Gregorio (1914), Simpson (1914), Haas (1940), ... Zhou et al. (2017), Araujo et al. (2018), Wang et al. (2018), Aunins et al. (2018), Wang et al. (2018)
NodulariaHaas (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1920), Moskvicheva (1973), Dang et al. (1980), ... Hou et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Nodularia (sec. Scabies)Haas (1911)
OxynaiaHaas (1913), Haas (1924), Prashad (1932), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), ... Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), IUCN (2012), Zieritz et al. (2018), Do et al. (2018)
Nodularia (Scabies)Haas (1924)
LymniumKira (1954)
ScabiesHaas (1969), Brandt (1974), Hu (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), WoRMS (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio)Moskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.)Moskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Nodularia (Amurunio)Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Korniushin (1998), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Klishko et al. (2018)
Nodularia (Magadaninaia)Martynov & Chernyshev (1992), Starobogatov et al. (2004)
PseudobaphiaProzorova et al. (2005)
MiddendorffinaiaKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Klishko et al. (2019), Bogatov (2022)
NodularidiaHe & Zhuang (2013)
PtychorhynchusHe & Zhuang (2013), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
AcuticostaHe & Zhuang (2013), Zieritz et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2020)

 
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