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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Bolotov et al. (2015): summary

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Full Citation

Bolotov, I.N., Y.V. Bespalaya, I.V. Vikhrev, O.V. Aksenova, P.E. Aspholm et al. 2015. Taxonomy and distribution of freshwater pearl mussels (Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) of the Russian Far East. PLoS One 10(5), e0122408: 1-30. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cumberlandia monodonta

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)
+ Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Dahurinaia (s.s.) tiunovae Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Dahurinaia komarovi Bogatov et al., 2003
+ Dahurinaia ussuriensis Bogatov et al., 2003
+ Dahurinaia prozorovae Bogatov et al., 2003
+ Dahurinaia transbaicalica Klishko, 2008
+ Margaritifera dehurica Inoue et al., 2013

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)
+ Margaritana dahurica Kobelt, 1879
+ Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938
+ Dahurinaia kurilensis Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Dahurinaia shigini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) kunahiriensis Habe, 1991
+ Margaritana sacchariensis Bába, 2000
+ Kurilinaia zatravkini Bogatov et al., 2003

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marocana = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)
+ Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851
+ Kurilinaia kamchatica Bogatov et al., 2003
+ Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004

Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

 
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