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

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Publication Araujo et al. (2009): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Araujo, R., J. Reis, A. Machordom, C. Toledo, M.J. Madeira & I. Gómez. 2009. Las náyades de la península Ibérica. Iberus 27(2): 7-72. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta regularis Morelet, 1845
+ Anodonta macilenta Morelet, 1845
+ Anodonta lusitana Morelet, 1845
+ Anodonta submacilenta Servain, 1880
+ Anodonta martorelli Servain, 1880
+ Anodonta viriata Servain, 1880
+ Anodonta carvalhoi da Silva e Castro, 1883
+ Anodonta wenceslai da Silva e Castro, 1883
+ Anodonta lusoiana da Silva e Castro, 1883
+ Anodonta calderoni Kobelt, 1888
+ Anodonta baetica Kobelt, 1888
+ Anodonta glaucina Drouët, 1893
+ Anodonta latirostris Drouët, 1893
+ Anodonta mollis Drouët, 1893
+ Anodonta adusta Drouët, 1893
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Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Mya arenaria Schröter, 1779
+ Anodonta oblonga Millet, 1831
+ Anodonta gallica Bourguignat, 1881
+ Anodonta enhydra da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Anodonta apala Locard, 1899
+ Anodonta pelophila Locard, 1899

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio margaritanopsis Locard, 1889

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840
+ Unio tristis Morelet, 1845
+ Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886
+ Margaritana michaudi Locard, 1889
+ Margaritana pyrenaica Locard, 1889
+ Margaritana alleni Locard, 1899
+ Margaritana durrovensis Phillips, 1928

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
+ Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831
+ Unio draparnaldii Deshayes, 1831
+ Unio incurvus Lea, 1831
+ Unio pianensis Boubée, 1833
+ Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835
+ Unio rotundatus Mauduyt, 1839
+ Unio barraudii Bonhomme, 1840
+ Unio bigerrensis Millet, 1843
+ Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio astierianus Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio moulinsianus Dupuy, 1851
+ Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
+ Unio subreniformis Bourguignat, 1863
+ Unio hippopotami Bourguignat, 1869
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Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793 = Unio mancus
+ Unio hispanus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio dactylus Morelet, 1845
+ Unio lusitanus Drouët, 1879
+ Unio hyperephanus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio nevesi da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio simoesi da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio schousboei Locard, 1899
+ Unio subhispanus Locard, 1889
+ Unio cameratus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio limosellus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio decurtatus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio gravatus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio chorellus Locard, 1899
+ Unio barbozanus Locard, 1899
+ Unio ocresanus Locard, 1899
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Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio turdetanus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio tiflecticus Pallary, 1923
+ Unio (Limnium) foucauldiana Pallary, 1936
+ Unio (Limnium) seurati Pallary, 1936

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793 = Unio foucauldianus

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843
+ Unio ardusianus Reyniès, 1843
+ Unio aleronii Companyo & Massot, 1845
+ Unio valentinus Rossmässler, 1854
+ Unio graellsianus Bourguignat, 1865
+ Unio courquinianus Bourguignat, 1865
+ Unio condatinus Locard, 1882
+ Unio gobionum Locard, 1882
+ Unio mucidulus Locard, 1882
+ Unio mongazonae Servain, 1887
+ Unio asticus Servain, 1887
+ Unio eutrapelus Servain, 1887
+ Unio antimoquinianus Locard, 1889
+ Unio oberthurianus Locard, 1889
+ Unio arcuatulus Locard, 1889
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Unio ravoisieri DeShayes, 1847
+ Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865
+ Unio tafnanus Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio ravoisieri var. isserica Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio micelii Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio delevieleusae Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio doumeti Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887

Unio ravoisieri DeShayes, 1847 = Unio durieui

Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885
+ Unio batavus Morelet, 1845
+ Unio sadoicus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio macropygus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio eupygus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio baeticus Kobelt, 1888
+ Unio conimbricus Kobelt, 1893
+ Unio callipygus Drouët, 1893