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Publication IUCN (2014): summary

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IUCN. 2014. IUCN Red List. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Fusconaia mitchelli (Simpson, 1896)

Hyridella glenelgensis (Dennant, 1898)

Hyridella narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)
+ Rugoshyria depressa sodalis Iredale, 1934

Lamellidens scutum (Sowerby, 1868) = Trapezidens scutum

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii
+ Unio fruhstorferi Dautzenberg, 1900

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria fruhstorferi

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Margaritifera homsensis (Lea, 1864) = Pseudunio homsensis

Parreysia khadakvaslaensis (Ray, 1966) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
+ Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835
+ Unio pianensis Boubée, 1833
+ Unio littoralis var. acarnanicus Kobelt, 1879
+ Unio fellmanni Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio tracheae Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio delesserti Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio semirugata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio armeniacus Kobelt, 1912

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) = Potomida semirugata

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) = Unio mardinensis

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) = Potomida acarnanica

Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791)

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788
+ Unio gontierii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851
+ Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
+ Unio carneus Küster, 1854

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788 = Unio carneus

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788 = Unio gontierii

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788 = Unio bruguierianus

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Unio douglasiae (Gray) = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio lawleyianus Gentiluomo, 1868
+ Unio glaucinus Porro, 1838

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio elongatulus

Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio delicatus
+ Unio delicatus Lea, 1863

Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1853

Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865)

Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1944 [sic]