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Publication IUCN (2010): species taxonomic opinions
Full Citation
IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
Taxonomic Opinions
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Anodonta lucasi Deshayes, 1847 = Anodonta cygnea + Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta embia Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870
+ Anodonta numidica Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta tunizana Morelet, 1864
Anodonta pallaryi Bédé, 1932 = Anodonta cygnea + Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) gruveli Perès, 1938
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) theryi Bédé, 1932
Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962
+ Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886
Aspatharia droueti (Chapter, 1885)
Aspatharia marnoi (Jickeli, 1874)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana + Aspatharia dahomeyensis + Aspatharia ganciniensis + Aspatharia subreniformis
+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Spatha corneola Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutela sarae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858) = Aspatharia rugifera + Aspatharia ganciniensis
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
+ Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888
+ Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Aspatharia semicorrugata (Preston, 1909) = Aspatharia ganciniensis
Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)
Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Brazzaea bourguignati ‘Joubert, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea elongata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea ventrosa Bourguignat, 1886
Chambardia dautzenbergi (Haas, 1936) = Chambardia flava
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia bourguignati Letourneux in Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia locardiana Bourguignat in Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia pharaonum Bourguignat in Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia rhynchoidea Bourguignat in Servain, 1890
Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)
Chambardia petersii (Martens, 1860) = Chambardia petersi
+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864
Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839
Chambardia trapezia (Martens, 1897)
Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898
+ Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897
Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini (Recluz, 1850) = Chambardia wahlbergi
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni (Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi
Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Aspatharia hassei Darteville, 1941
Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881)
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886
Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)
Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1909)
+ Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936
Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) = Coelatura gabonensis + Coelatura mesafricana + Coelatura stanleyvillensis
+ Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912
+ Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891
+ Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
+ Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
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Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)
+ Unio randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897
+ Unio gereti Preston, 1910
+ Unio charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio boehmi Martens, 1897
Coelatura hypsiprymna (Haas, 1936)
Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)
Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)
Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
+ Parreysia nyangensis Frierson, 1913
Coelatura luapulaensis Preston, 1913
Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)
+ Unio liederi Martens, 1897
+ Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925
Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)
Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura disciformis
Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890) = Coelatura stagnorum + Coelatura disciformis
+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886
Egeria bernardii (Dunker, 1857) = Galatea bernardii
Egeria cailliaudi (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea cailliaudi
Egeria concamerata (Duval, 1840) = Galatea paradoxa
Egeria congica (Boettger, 1885) = Galatea congica
Egeria heukelomii (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea paradoxa
Egeria nux Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Galatea nux
Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780) = Galatea paradoxa
Egeria radiata (Lamarck, 1804) = Galatea paradoxa
Egeria schwabi Clench, 1929 = Galatea schwabi
Egeria tenuicula (Philippi, 1849) = Galatea tenuicula
Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)
Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)
+ Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913
+ Unio rostralis Martens, 1897
+ Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rhynchonella Bourguignat, 1888
+ Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria insignis ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886
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Iphigenia curta (Dunker, 1867) = Profischeria curta
Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860) = Profischeria delessertii
Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)
Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909) = Profischeria delessertii
Lamellidens consobrinus (Lea, 1860) = Lamellidens generosus
Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)
Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)
Lamellidens jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862)
Lamellidens lamellatus (Lea, 1838)
Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)
Lamellidens narainpirensis [sic] Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis
Lamellidens phenchooganjensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi
Lamellidens unioides Nesemann & Sharma, 2007
Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
+ Unio margaritanopsis Locard, 1889
+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Lea, 1836
Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus
+ Margaritana redomica Pallary, 1923
+ Margaritana dernaica var. ponderosa Pallary, 1928
+ Margaritana dernaica Pallary, 1928
Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Moncetia moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)
Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904
Mutela franci Daget, 1964
Mutela hargeri Smith, 1908
+ Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936
Mutela joubini (Germain, 1904)
+ Mutelina mabillei var. gaillardi Germain, 1909
Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907
+ Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908
+ Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898
Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909
+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823) = Pleiodon ovatus
Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela rostrata + Mutela mabilli
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886
Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885
Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006
Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988
Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis
+ Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968
+ Caelatura (Kistinaia) schoutedeni Haas, 1936
Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)
Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)
Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)
Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881)
Oxynaia pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio
Parreysia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877) = Indonaia andersoniana
Parreysia annandalei Preston, 1912 = Parreysia marcens
Parreysia bhamoensis Theobald, 1874 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
Parreysia bonneaudi (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii
Parreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869) = Leoparreysia burmana
+ Parreysia (s.s.) pernodulosa Preston, 1912
Parreysia caerulea (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia caerulea
Parreysia chaudhurii (Preston, 1912) = Radiatula chaudhurii
Parreysia choprae Prashad, 1930 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
Parreysia corbis (Hanley, 1856) = Indonaia corbis
Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774)
Parreysia crispisulcata (Benson, 1862) = Radiatula crispisulcata
Parreysia favidens (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata
Parreysia feae (Tapparone Canefri, 1889) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
Parreysia feddeni (Theobald, 1873) = Parreysia corrugata
Parreysia gowhattensis (Theobald, 1874) = Parreysia marcens
Parreysia involuta (Hanley, 1856) = Assamnaia involuta
Parreysia lima (Simpson, 1900) = Pseudoscabies scobina
Parreysia mandelayensis (Theobald, 1874) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
Parreysia nuttallianus (Lea, 1856) = Indonaia caerulea
Parreysia occata (Lea, 1860) = Indonaia gratiosa
Parreysia olivacea Prashad, 1930 = Leoparreysia olivacea
Parreysia olivaria (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia olivaria
Parreysia pachysoma (Benson, 1862) = Indonaia corbis
Parreysia perconvexa Preston, 1912 = Leoparreysia perconvexa
Parreysia rajahensis (Lea, 1841)
Parreysia shurtleffiana (Lea, 1856) = Indonaia shurtleffiana
Parreysia sikkimensis (Lea, 1859) = Parreysia corrugata
Parreysia smaragdites (Benson, 1862)
Parreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
Parreysia theobaldi (Preston, 1912) = Indonaia theobaldi
Parreysia triembolus (Benson, 1855) = Parreysia nagpoorensis
Physunio micropteroides Annandale, 1918 = Lamellidens ferrugineus
Physunio velaris (Sowerby, 1868) = Lamellidens friersoni
Pisidium armillatum Kuiper, 1966
Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960
Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911
+ Pisidium rotundatum Pallary, 1921
+ Pisidium maroccanum Pallary, 1936
+ Pisidium lumstenianum Forbes, 1838
Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931 = Euglesa costulosa
Pisidium ethiopicum Korniushin, 1995 = Euglesa ethiopica
Pisidium fistulosum (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
Pisidium giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Euglesa giraudi
Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964 = Euglesa harrisoni
Pisidium invenustum (Kuiper, 1996)
Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911 = Euglesa keniana
Pisidium langleyanum Melville & Ponsonby, 1891 = Euglesa langleyana
Pisidium montigenum (Kuiper, 1966)
Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881 = Euglesa pirothi
+ Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
+ Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957
Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
+ Pleiodon spekei ‘Woodward’ of Authors
+ Cameronia vynckei Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia mabilliana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia landeaui Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Cameronia bourguignati ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886
Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis Woodward, 1991
+ Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893
Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873) = Indopseudodon salwenianus
Pseudodon crebristriata (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus
Pseudodon peguensis (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon salwenianus + Indopseudodon crebristriatus
+ Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. curvata Preston, 1912
Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880)
+ Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883
+ Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901
+ Burtonia bourguignati ‘Joubert’ in litt. Bourguignat, 1886
Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843) = Scabies crispata + Scabies scobinatus
+ Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856
Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) = Balwantia soleniformis
Sphaerium bequaerti Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
Sphaerium maroccanum Pallary, 1898 = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Sphaerium ddingoii Prime, 1862
Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae (Smith, 1892) = Sphaerium nyanzae
Sphaerium regularis (Mandahl-Barth, 1954) = Sphaerium regulare
Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Trapezidens exolescens + Trapezoideus foliaceus + Indonaia corbis
+ Unio foliaceus Gould, 1843
+ Trapezoideus dhanushori Prashad in Annandale & Prashad, 1921
Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866
Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847 = Unio durieui + Unio gibbus + Unio ravoisieri
+ Unio tetuanensis Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio tafnanus ‘Debeaux in litteris’ Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio (Limnium) subpictorum Pallary, 1936
+ Unio sitifensis Morelet, 1851
+ Unio (Limnium) seurati Pallary, 1936
+ Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio micelii Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1864
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Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936
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