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Publication Zhadin (1938): summary

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Full Citation

Zhadin, V.I. 1938. Sem. Unionidae. Faune URSS, Mollusques 4(1). 169 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis Zhadin, 1938 = Buldowskia suifunica

‘Heude’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 147, fig. 56.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 260, fig. 279.
(misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877)

Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus Zhadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 81, text fig. 19.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.
(error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)

Unio crassus var. chlebnikovi Zhadin, 1938 = Unio crassus

‘Kobelt’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 89.
(new name for Unio kungurensis chlebnikowi Kobelt, 1912)

Unio crassus consentancus Zhadin, 1938 = Unio nanus

‘Ziegler’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 91.
(error for Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836)

There are 17 available nominal species attributed to this publication (35 total).

Unio (Nodularia) continentalis Zhadin, 1938 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 100, fig. 31.
‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1952. Moll. SSSR (46): 299, fig. 263.
(misidentified reference to Nodularia continentalis Haas, 1910)

Unio pictorum var. defectivus Zhadin, 1938 = Unio pictorum

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 79.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta woodiana var. elliptica Zhadin, 1938 = Buldowskia suifunica

‘Heude’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 144, fig. 54.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 256, fig. 276.
(misidentified reference to Anodon elliptica Heude, 1878)

Anodonta (Haasiella) euscaphus Zhadin, 1938 = Buldowskia shadini

‘Heude’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 149, fig. 58.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 260, fig. 280.
(misidentified reference to Anodon euscaphys Heude, 1879; error for Anodon euscaphys Heude, 1879)

Unio tumidus var. fridmani Zhadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 86, text fig. 21.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Sinanodonta (Anemina) fuscoviridis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia shadini

‘Heude’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 149, fig. 58 [as ‘Anodonta (Haasiella) euscaphus’].
Moskvicheva, 1973. Zool. Zhur. 52(6): 830.

Unio tumidus var. ilikensis Zhadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

‘Kobelt’ of Authors.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 83.
Kantor & Sysoev, 2005. Cat. Moll. Russia: 327.
(error for Unio tumidus ilekensis Kobelt, 1912)

Unio crassus var. ishmensis Zhadin, 1938 = Unio crassus

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 160.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio tumidus var. kobeltianus Zhadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 82.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788; new name for Unio tumidus var. okae Kobelt & Haas, 1910; homonym of Unio batavus kobeltianus Haas, 1913)

Psilunio rothi var. komarovi Zhadin, 1938 = Unio mardinensis

‘Boettg.’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 102.
(error for Unio rothi var. komarowi O. Boettger, 1880)

Unio raddei var. kutaisiana Zhadin, 1938 = Unio gontierii

‘Kobelt’ of Authors.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 94.
Zatravkin, 1987. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 92(4): 49.
(error for Unio raddei var. koutaisiana Kobelt, 1886)

Anodonta anatina var. lenae Zhadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 129, fig. 45.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio lindholmi Zhadin, 1938 = Unio pictorum

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 97, text fig. 29.

Unio tumidus var. moltshanovi Zhadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 85, text fig. 20.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Unio pictorum var. okensis Zhadin, 1938 = Unio pictorum

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 77.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; new name for Unio pictorum var. okae Kobelt & Haas, 1910)

Anodonta anatina var. petshorica Zhadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 129, fig. 44.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio pictorum var. pygmaeus Zhadin, 1938 = Unio pictorum

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 78, text fig. 17.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Unio pygmaeus Lea, 1852)

Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938 = Margaritifera laevis

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 114-115, fig. 37.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 238, fig. 252.

Anodonta cyrea var. samarkadensis Zhadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

‘Kobelt’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 140.
(error for Anodonta samarkandensis Kobelt, 1913)

Unio (Nodularia) douglasiae var. schrenki Zhadin, 1938 = Nodularia douglasiae

‘Westerlund’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 99.
(error for Unio schrencki Westerlund, 1897)

Anodonta sedakovi Zhadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

‘Siemaschko’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 130.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 252.
Kantor & Sysoev, 2005. Cat. Moll. Russia: 334 [as ‘Colletopterum ponderosum sedakovi’].
Bogatov et al., 2005. Zool. Zhur. 84(9): 1059.
Vinarski & Kantor, 2016. Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 38.
Klishko et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(4), e0194944: 3.
(error for Anodonta sedakowi Siemaschko, 1848)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadini Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 100, fig. 31 [as ‘Unio continentalis’].
‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1952. Moll. SSSR (46): 299, fig. 263 [as ‘Unio continentalis’].
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 31, figs. 5а-в.

Sinanodonta (Anemina) shadini Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia shadini

‘Heude’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 147, fig. 56 [as ‘Anodonta arcaeformis’].
Moskvicheva, 1973. Zool. Zhur. 52(6): 828.

Anodonta cellensis var. sorensis Zhadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

‘Dybowski’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 120.
(error for Anodonta complanata var. sorensiana Dybowski, 1913)

Unio crassus var. stepanovi Zhadin, 1938 = Unio gontierii

‘Drouët’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 90.
(error for Unio stepanoffi Drouët, 1881)

Unio mingrelicus var. stevenianiformis Zhadin, 1938 = Unio gontierii

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 96, text fig. 28.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio mingrelicus Drouët, 1881)

Anodonta beringiana var. suifunensis Zhadin, 1938 = Buldowskia suifunica

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 132, fig. 48.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 255, fig. 272.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis var. beringiana Middendorff, 1851)

Anodonta beringiana var. taranetzi Zhadin, 1938 = Beringiana beringiana

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 133, fig. 49.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 255, fig. 273.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis var. beringiana Middendorff, 1851)

Anodonta tehernaica Westerlund, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 226.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 121.
(error for Anodonta tchernaica Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta piscinalis var. volgensis Zhadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 126, fig. 43.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 252, fig. 268.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822)

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