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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2017): summary

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Lopes-Lima, M., R. Sousa, J. Geist, D.C. Aldridge, R. Araujo et al. 2017. Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: State of the art and future challenges. Biological Reviews 92(1): 572-607. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio tumidus borysthensis Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 = Unio tumidus

‘Kobelt’ Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): ??.
(error for Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1879)

Unio crassus Soroka, 2005 = Unio nanus

‘Philippson’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2005. Zool. Sci. 22: 1138, Table 1.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): Table 2. [in part]
Reis et al., 2013. Graellsia 69(1): 22, Table 2.
Prié & Puillandre, 2014. Hydrobiologia 735(1): online resource 1 [as ‘Unio crassus crassus’].
Douda et al., 2014. J. Appl. Ecol. 51: 1087. [in part]
Froufe et al., 2016. Org Divers Evol 16(3): 606, fig. 3. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2017. Zootaxa 4286(1): 98, Table 3.
Soroka & Burzynski, 2017. mtDNA B 2(2): 863.
Burzynski et al., 2017. MPE 107: 606.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): Table S1 [as ‘Unio crassus crassus’]. [in part]
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2018. Systemat. Biodiv. 16(3): 291.
Burzynski & Soroka, 2018. PeerJ 6, e5573: 3.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 10(4): 611.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 140.
Cha et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 946.
Aunins et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 1125.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 6. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2019. Ruthenica 29(1): 57, Table 1.
Wu et al., 2019. ZooKeys 812: 29.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S5. [in part]
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): 3489.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): Table S1.
Froufe et al., 2019. Heredity 124: 185.
Soroka, 2020. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 58(2): Table 2.
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): 1216.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 99.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: Table S2.
Kilikowska et al., 2020. Life 10(7): 1. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2021. MPE 163: fig. 6 [by voucher number]. [in part]
Sayenko et al., 2021. Systemat. Biodiv. 19: 58, Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 2.
Zieritz et al., 2021. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 193(3): 1092.
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): 80.
Pfarrer et al., 2022. Hydrobiologia 849: ESM1.
Wu et al., 2022. Zool. Scripta 51: Table S2.
Dai et al., 2023. Invert. Syst. 37(2): Table 2.
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2023. Org Divers Evol (2023): Table 2.
Dai et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2024. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 2024, 1499508: Table 2.
Wu et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53(5): Table S3.
Dai et al., 2024. Invert. Syst. 38(6): Table 3. [in part]
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Tables S2-S3.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Tables 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio jonicus Kobelt, 1886 = Unio ionicus

‘Drouët’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 43.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 153.
specimen image from publicationKobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 87.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 131.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 52.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): 578.
Lyubas et al., 2022. Diversity 14(11), 935: Table S3.
(error for Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta attenuata Held, 1836
+ Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774
+ Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta deplanata Gallenstein, 1852
+ Anodonta cellensis var. solearis Küster, 1839

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840
+ Margaritana durrovensis Phillips, 1928
+ Margaritana margaritifera parvula Haas, 1908

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potomida littoralis acarnanicus (Kobelt, 1879) = Potomida acarnanica

Potomida littoralis littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835
+ Unio pianensis Boubée, 1833
+ Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)
+ Anodonta dorsuosa Drouët, 1881
+ Anodonta gratelupeana Gassies, 1849
+ Anodonta klettii Rossmässler, 1835
+ Pseudanodonta compacta kuesteri Haas, 1913
+ Pseudanodonta ligerica Bourguignat, 1880

Pseudanodonta elongata (Holandre, 1836) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta middendorffi compacta (Zelebor, 1851) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta middendorffi middendorffi (Siemaschko, 1848) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Unio cf. elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825 = Unio mancus
+ Unio glaucinus Porro, 1838
+ Unio lawleyianus Gentiluomo, 1868

Unio cf. elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825 = Unio elongatulus

Unio crassus
+ Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio crassus batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) = Unio nanus
+ Unio batavus var. albensis Hazay, 1885
+ Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859

Unio crassus batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) = Unio crassus

Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio bruguierianus

Unio crassus carneus Kuster, 1854 = Unio carneus

Unio crassus courtillieri = Unio crassus

Unio crassus crassus Philipsson, 1788 = Unio nanus

Unio crassus crassus Philipsson, 1788 = Unio crassus

Unio crassus cytherea Kuster, 1833 = Unio nanus
+ Unio decurvatus Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio batavus var. ondovensis Hazay, 1885

Unio crassus gontieri Bourguignat, 1856 = Unio gontierii

Unio crassus jonicus [sic] Drouet, 1879 = Unio ionicus

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793

Unio mancus gargottae Philippi, 1836 = Unio mancus

Unio mancus mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus
+ Unio aleronii Companyo & Massot, 1845
+ Unio valentinus Rossmässler, 1854
+ Unio bourgeticus Locard, 1882
+ Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843
+ Unio rousii Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio moreleti var. brindosiana Folin & Bérillon, 1874

Unio mancus pallens Rossmässler, 1842 = Unio elongatulus

Unio mancus requienii Michaud, 1831 = Unio mancus

Unio mancus turtonii Payraudeau, 1826 = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum gaudioni Drouet, 1881 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum latirostris Kuster, 1854 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum
+ Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831
+ Unio pictorum tisianus Nesemann, 1993

Unio pictorum platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum praeposterus Kuster, 1854 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum proechistus Bourguignat, 1870 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum rostratus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum schrenkianus Clessin, 1880 = Unio pictorum

Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848
+ Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865

Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885

Unio tumidus borysthensis [sic] Kobelt, 1879 = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus godetianus Clessin, 1890 = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus tumidus (Philipsson, 1788) = Unio tumidus
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859

Unio tumidus zelebori Zelebor, 1851 = Unio tumidus

 
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