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Publication IUCN (2011): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)
+ Unio sinensis [sic] var. laevis Heude, 1883
+ Unio sinensis [sic] var. squammosus Heude, 1883

Acuticosta ovata (Simpson, 1900)

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1830) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)

Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pressodonta viridis

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934
+ Alathyria selwyni Iredale, 1943
+ Alathyria jacksoni alleni Iredale, 1943

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)

Amphinaias nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata

Amphinaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Anemina euscaphys (Heude, 1879) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina fluminea (Heude, 1877) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta beringiana Middendorf, 1851 [sic] = Beringiana beringiana
+ Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867

Anodonta californiensis I. Lea, 1852

Anodonta implicata Say, 1829 = Utterbackiana implicata

Anodonta impura Say, 1829 = Brachyanodon impura

Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites elongata

Anodontites tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa
+ Mycetopus clessini Fischer, 1890
+ Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882
+ Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893

Anodontites trigonus (Spix & Wagner, 1827) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) = Strophitus radiatus

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912)

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) = Lanceolaria lanceolata
+ Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857
+ Unio contortus var. conjungens Heude, 1877

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 = Castaliella schombergiana

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815)
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829
+ Dipsas occidentalis Heude, 1885
+ Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848
+ Anodonta (Dipsas) spatiosa Clessin, 1876
+ Anodonta bellua Morelet, 1866

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815) = Cristaria bellua

Cristaria truncata Dang, 1980

Cuneopsis capitatus (Heude, 1874) = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis demangei Haas, 1929

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula
+ Unio retortus Martens, 1875
+ Unio flexuosus Neumayr, 1899

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Diplodon chilensis (Gray, 1828)
+ Unio patagonica d’Orbigny, 1835

Diplodon granosus (Bruguière, 1792)

Diplodon granosus ellypticum Spix, 1827 = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon multistriatus

Diplodon parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio trifidus Lea, 1860

Diplodon parallelopipedon acutirostris = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Dreissena blanci Westerlund, 1890 = Dreissena carinata
+ Dreissensia hellenica Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia thiesae Locard, 1893

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)

Dreissena caspia caspia Eichwald, 1855 = Dreissena caspia

Dreissena caspia pallasi (Andrusov, 1897) = Dreissena caspia

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena presbensis Kobelt, 1915 = Dreissena carinata
+ Dreissena stankovici Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982

Dreissena rostriformis Deshayes, 1838

Elliptio angustata (Lea, 1831)

Elliptio buckleyi (Lea, 1843) = Elliptio jayensis

Elliptio cistellaeformis (Lea, 1863)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio incrassatus Lea, 1840

Elliptio cylindracea Frierson, 1927 = Elliptio icterina
+ Unio geddingsianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio tuomeyi Lea, 1852

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptio downiei (Lea, 1858)

Elliptio errans (Lea, 1834) [sic] = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio fisheriana (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio folliculata (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio hopetonensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio jayensis (I. Lea, 1838)

Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner, 1956

Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836)

Elliptio waccamawensis (Lea, 1863) = Elliptio congaraea

Elliptio waltoni (Wright, 1888) = Elliptio ahenea

Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)

Epioblasma propinqua (I. Lea, 1857)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824
+ Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880
+ Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824
+ Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824

Euglesa gurvichi Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1985

Euglesa mongolica Slugina & Starobogatov, 2001

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

Eupera moquiniana (Bourguignat, 1854) = Eupera bahiensis

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)
+ Pleurobema argentea pannosa Simpson, 1900
+ Pleurobema brevis subelliptica Simpson, 1900
+ Pleurobema utterbackii Utterback, 1915

Hamiota australis (Simpson, 1900)

Harmandia somboriensis (Rochebrune, 1882) = Triplodon corrugatus
+ Harmandia castelneaui Rochebrune, 1904

Harmandia somboriensis (Rochebrune, 1882)

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852) = Sinohyriopsis cumingii
+ Hyriopsis goliath Rolle, 1904

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852) = Sinohyriopsis goliath

Hyriopsis delaportei (Crosse & Fischer, 1876)

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Hyriopsis myersianus (Lea, 1856) = Hyriopsis myersiana
+ Unio sutrangensis Morlet, 1889
+ Unio stungtrangensis Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904
+ Unio patrangensis Morlet, 1904
+ Unio housei Lea, 1856

Inversidens brandtii (Kobelt, 1879)
+ Nodularia parcedentata Haas, 1911

Inversidens pantoensis (Neumayr, 1899)

Lamellidens jenkinsianus daccaensis = Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Lamellidens jenkinsianus obesa = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

Lamprotula bazini (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula blaisei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905)

Lamprotula crassa (Wood, 1815) = Gibbosula crassa

Lamprotula fibrosa (Heude, 1877) = Aculamprotula fibrosa

Lamprotula leai (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) = Lamprotula leaii

Lamprotula liedtkei (Rolle, 1904) = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Lamprotula nodulosa (Wood, 1815) = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Lamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877) = Aculamprotula polysticta
+ Unio polystictoscriptus Heude, 1877
+ Unio scriptopolystictus Heude, 1877

Lamprotula ponderosa (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905) = Lamprotula leaii

Lamprotula rochechouarti (Heude, 1875) = Gibbosula rochechouartii

Lamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875) = Aculamprotula scripta

Lamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863) = Aculamprotula tientsinensis

Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) = Aculamprotula tortuosa

Lamprotula triclava (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula zonata (Heude, 1883) = Aculamprotula zonata

Lanceolaria bilirata von Martens, 1902

Lanceolaria cylindrica (Simpson, 1900)
+ Unio grayanus Schrenck, 1867
+ Lanceolaria maacki Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Lanceolaria chankensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Lanceolaria ussuriensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Lanceolaria (Pericylindrica) bogatovi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria triformis (Heude, 1877)
+ Unio distortus Heude, 1883

Lasmigona holstonia I. Lea, 1838 = Alasminota holstonia

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)
+ Cristaria megadesma Martens, 1875

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)
+ Dahurinaia (s.s.) tiunovae Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Dahurinaia prozorovae Bogatov et al., 2003
+ Dahurinaia komarovi Bogatov et al., 2003

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)
+ Kurilinaia zatravkini Bogatov et al., 2003
+ Dahurinaia kurilensis Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984

Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)
+ Kurilinaia kamchatica Bogatov et al., 2003

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823

Microcondylaea bonellii (Ferussac, 1827)
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830

Modellnaia siamensis Brandt, 1974

Musculium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum

Musculium compressum Mousson, 1887 = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Cyclas calyculata var. compressa Middendorff, 1851

Musculium goshaitanensis Nesemann & Sharma, 2005 = Sphaerium kashmirensis

Musculium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874) = Sphaerium hartmanni
+ Sphærium (Corneola) teilhardi Pallary, 1909
+ Sphærium (Corneola) pharaonum Pallary, 1909

Musculium hartmanni naivashaensis (Preston, 1912) = Sphaerium hartmanni

Musculium incomitatum (Kuiper, 1966) = Sphaerium incomitatum

Musculium problematicum (Gabriel, 1939) = Sphaerium problematicum

Musculium quirindi Korniushin, 2000 = Sphaerium quirindi

Musculium transversum (Say, 1829) = Sphaerium transversum

Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849)

Nitia acuminata Haas, 1969 [sic]

Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830

Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889

Oxynaia diespiter (Mabille, 1887) = Nodularia diespiter

Oxynaia jourdyi (Morlet, 1886) = Nodularia douglasiae

Oxynaia micheloti (Morelet, 1886) [sic] = Nodularia micheloti

Parreysia cylindrica Annandale & Prashad, 1919 = Indonaia cylindrica

Parreysia favidens assamensis Preston, 1912 = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia favidens chrysis (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia favidens deltae (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia favidens densa (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia favidens marcens (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia favidens pinax (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Parreysia favidens plagiosoma (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia plagiosoma

Parreysia favidens trigona (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia favidens viridula (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata

Pharella waltoni Brandt, 1974

Physunio cambodiensis (Lea, 1856) = Lens contradens

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)
+ Unio massini Morelet, 1864
+ Unio gravidus Lea, 1856
+ Unio abnormis Morelet, 1862

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) = Physunio massini

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodonta laminata Rochebrune, 1882
+ Anodonta sempervivens Deshayes & Jullien, 1876

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838) = Pilsbryoconcha carinifera

Pisidium annandalei Prashad, 1925 = Odhneripisidium annandalei

Pisidium aslini Kuiper, 1983 = Euglesa aslini

Pisidium atkinsonianum Theobald, 1876 = Euglesa atkinsoniana

Pisidium australiense Korniushin, 2000 = Odhneripisidium australiense

Pisidium carum (Cotton, 1953) = Euglesa cara

Pisidium centrale Korniushin, 2000 = Euglesa centralis

Pisidium chandanbariensis Nesemann, Shah & Tachamo, 2007 = Conventus ellisi

Pisidium chilense (d’Orbigny, 1846) = Euglesa chilensis

Pisidium chiquitanum Ituarte, 2001

Pisidium clarkeanum G. & H. Nevill, 1871 = Hindupisidium clarkeanum

Pisidium conventus Clessin, 1877 = Conventus conventus
+ Pisidium abyssorum Sterki, 1898
+ Pisidium clessini Surbeck, 1899
+ Pisidium imbecille Sterki, 1900
+ Pisidium tornense Odhner, 1908
+ Pisidium pusillum B.B. Woodward, 1913
+ Pisidium abortivum Sterki, 1916

Pisidium conventus Clessin, 1877 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1879

Pisidium edlaueri Kuiper, 1960 = Euglesa edlaueri

Pisidium ellipticum Mori, 1936 = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium ellisi Dance, 1967 = Conventus ellisi

Pisidium equilaterale Prime, 1852 = Euglesa equilateralis

Pisidium etheridgii Smith, 1882 = Euglesa etheridgii

Pisidium ferrugineum Prime, 1851 = Euglesa ferruginea

Pisidium fultoni Kuiper, 1983 = Euglesa fultoni

Pisidium globulus Clessin, 1888

Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823) = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium idahoense Roper, 1890 = Pisidium idahoensis

Pisidium insigne Gabb, 1868 = Conventus insigne

Pisidium iquito Ituarte, 2004

Pisidium kosciusko Iredale, 1943 = Euglesa kosciusko

Pisidium kuiperi Dance, 1967 = Odhneripisidium kuiperi

Pisidium maasseni Kuiper, 1987 = Euglesa maasseni

Pisidium meierbrooki Kuiper & Hinz, 1983

Pisidium nevillianum Theobald, 1876 = Hindupisidium nevillianum

Pisidium observationis Pilsbry, 1911

Pisidium obtusale (Lamarck, 1818) = Euglesa obtusalis
+ Pisidium obtusalastrum Woodward, 1921
+ Pisidium scholtzii Clessin, 1873

Pisidium omaguaca Ituarte, 2005

Pisidium parvum Mori, 1938 = Odhneripisidium parvum

Pisidium plenilunium (Melvill & Standen, 1907)

Pisidium ponderi Korniushin, 2000 = Euglesa ponderi

Pisidium prasongi Kuiper in Brandt, 1974 = Odhneripisidium prasongi

Pisidium pseudosphaerium J. Favre, 1927 = Euglesa pseudosphaerium

Pisidium stewarti Preston, 1909 = Odhneripisidium stewarti

Pisidium stoliczkanum Prashad, 1933 = Euglesa stoliczkana

Pisidium subtilestriatum Lindholm, 1909 = Pisidium dilatatum

Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1850 = Euglesa supina

Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852 = Euglesa variabilis

Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 = Euglesa ventricosa

Pisidium vile Pilsbry, 1897

Pisidium waldeni Kuiper, 1975 = Euglesa waldeni

Pisidium yarkandense Prashad, 1933 = Odhneripisidium yarkandense

Pisidium zugmayeri Weber, 1910 = Euglesa zugmayeri

Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)
+ Unio varicosus Lea, 1831
+ Unio detectus Frierson, 1911
+ Plethobasus pachosteus Morrison, 1969

Pleurobema beadleianum (Lea, 1861)

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Protunio messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901)

Pseudanodonta complanata Rossmössler [sic], 1835

Pseudanodonta elongata (Holandre, 1836) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudodon cambodjensis (Petit, 1865)
+ Unio vagulus Fischer, 1891
+ Unio subtrigonus Sowerby, 1867
+ Monocondylus orbicularis Morelet, 1866

Pseudodon cambodjensis (Petit, 1865) = Pseudodon vagulus

Pseudodon resupinatus von Martens, 1902 = Cosmopseudodon resupinatus

Pseudodon thomsoni Morlet, 1884 = Songkhlanaia moreleti

Pseudomulleria dalyi (Smith, 1898)

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1852)

Quadrula succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa

Radiatula pilata (Lea, 1866) = Scabies pilata

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus
+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon asuncionis Marshall, 1926
+ Castalia pazi Hidalgo, 1868

Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon guaranianus

Scabies chinensis Liu, Duan & Lai, 1991 = Nodularia nuxpersicae

Scabies phaselus (Lea, 1856)

Scaphula celox Benson, 1836

Scaphula deltae Blanford, 1867

Scaphula nagarjunai Janaki Ram & Radhakrishna, 1984

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)
+ Unio vestitus Heude, 1883

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867) = Schistodesmus spinosus

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Sinanodonta ogurae (Kuroda & Habe, 1987) = Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Anodonta lauta Martens, 1877
+ Anodonta japonica Clessin, 1874
+ Anodonta calipygos Kobelt, 1879

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Beringiana japonica

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta calipygos

Sinomytilus harmandi (Rochebrune, 1881)

Sinomytilus morrisoni (Brandt, 1974)

Sphaerium aequatoriale Clessin, 1879

Sphaerium asiaticum (von Martens, 1864)

Sphaerium austeni Prashad, 1921

Sphaerium avanum Theobald, 1873

Sphaerium biwaense Mori, 1933 = Sphaerium japonicum

Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869) = Pisidium boliviense
+ Pisidium boliviense von Bayern, 1900

Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)

Sphaerium galitzini Clessin, 1875 = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium indicum Deshayes, 1854

Sphaerium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)

Sphaerium myadii [sic] Mori, 1933 = Sphaerium miyadii

Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807) = Sphaerium nitidum
+ Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876
+ Sphaerium levinodis var. radiatum Westerlund, 1897

Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807)

Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)

Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858

Toxolasma pullus (Conrad, 1838)
+ Carunculina patrickae Bates, 1966

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788
+ Unio conus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838
+ Unio tumidus var. falcatulus Drouët, 1881

Villosa amygdala (Lea, 1843) = Villosa amygdalum

 
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