MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
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Publication IUCN (2014): summary
Full Citation
IUCN. 2014. IUCN Red List. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio fruehstorferi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 = Lanceolaria fruhstorferi
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908. J. de Conch. 56: 212 [as ‘frühstorferi’].
IUCN, 2014. IUCN Red List: [web] [as ‘frühstorferi’].
(error for Unio fruhstorferi Dautzenberg, 1900)
Prisodon syrmatophorous IUCN, 2014 = Prisodon syrmatophorus
‘Meuschen’ IUCN, 2014. IUCN Red List: [web].
(error for Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791)
Taxonomic Opinions
Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 = Anodonta anatina
Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)
There are 43 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
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 + Lanceolaria fruhstorferi
+ Unio fruhstorferi Dautzenberg, 1900
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) = Potomida littoralis + Potomida acarnanica + Potomida semirugata + Unio mardinensis
+ Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835
+ Unio pianensis Farines in 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
Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791)
Unio crassus Philippson, 1788 = Unio crassus + Unio gontierii + Middendorffinaia mongolica + Unio bruguierianus + Unio carneus
+ Unio gontierii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851
+ Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
+ Unio carneus Küster, 1854
Unio douglasiae (Gray) = Nodularia douglasiae
Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus + Unio elongatulus
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio lawleyianus Gentiluomo, 1868
+ Unio glaucinus Porro, 1838
Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio terminalis + Unio delicatus
+ Unio delicatus Lea, 1863
Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1853
Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865)
Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1944 [sic]
