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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Middendorffinaia

species Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851): specimens
     10 available nominal species synonyms (12 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio crassus mongolicus — Graf (2007)
Inversidens pantoensis — Graf (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolica — Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Klishko et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020), ... Dai et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Middendorffinaia shadini — Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Middendorffinaia dulkeitiana — Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia weliczkowskii — Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia ussuriensis — Kantor et al. (2010), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia sujfunensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolica — Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensis — Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) alimovi — Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Unio crassus — IUCN (2014), Araujo et al. (2018)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskii — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitiana — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) sujfunensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) maihensis — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Nodularia douglasiae — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia mongolica mongolica — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] dulkeitiana — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] shadini — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] weliczkowskii — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica ussuriensis — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis suifunensis [sic] — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica alimovi — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Amur Basin and Primorye, eastern Russia.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

China

SXNU_23031702 (HL02). (COI: PQ268311, go to Genbank) Yijimi River, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province, China.

SXNU_23031703 (HL03). (COI: PQ268312, go to Genbank) ditto.

SXNU_23031705 (HL05). (COI: PQ268313, go to Genbank) ditto.

SXNU_23031706 (HL06). (COI: PQ268314, go to Genbank) ditto.

SXNU_23031712 (HL12). (COI: PQ268315, go to Genbank) ditto.

Russia

RMBH_biv_229_2. (16S: MK574413, 28S: MK574554, COI: MH974548, go to Genbank) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Gladkaya River (42.7065°N, 130.9084°E), Japan Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_229_5. (16S: MK574414, 28S: MK574555, COI: MH974549, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_229_7. (16S: MK574415, 28S: MK574556, COI: MH974550, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_99_11. (16S: MK574418, 28S: MK574559, COI: MK574279, go to Genbank) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Komarovka River (43.6392°N, 132.1614°E), Razdolnaya Basin, Japan Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_99_8. (COI: MK574278, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_IEPN_99_3. (16S: MK574416, 28S: MK574557, COI: MH974551, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_IEPN_99_7. (16S: MK574417, 28S: MK574558, COI: MK574277, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4189_428 (H2). (COI: MW139311, go to Genbank) Russian Far East, Primorye Territory, Arsenievka River (Amur River basin),.

Mp_4189_430 (H1). (COI: MW139310, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4189_431 (H3). (COI: MW139312, go to Genbank) Russian Far East, Primorye Territory, Gladkaya River.

CIIMAR_BIV1870. (COI: MH974547, go to Genbank) Shilka river, Transbaikalya, Russia (53.1048, 119.2202).