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Taxonomy

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
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Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Nagel & Badino (2001): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Nagel, K.-O. & G. Badino. 2001. Population genetics and systematics of European Unionoidea. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida, Ecological Studies 145: 51-80. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788

Unio pictorum mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio tumidus Philippson, 1788

 
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