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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication IUCN (2016): summary

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Full Citation

IUCN. 2016. IUCN Red List. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) = Mulleria rivoli
+ Acostaea guaduasana d’Orbigny, 1851
+ Mülleria lobata Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Aetheria novogranatensis Schaufuss, 1865

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
+ Anodon rostratus Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta laosensis Fischer, 1891
+ Anodonta rotundovata Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta triangularis Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta wahlamatensis Lea, 1838

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838 = Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838
+ Anodon cognata Gould, 1850

Anodontites colombiensis Marshall, 1922

Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869

Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)

Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)

Diplodontites cookei Marshall, 1922

Diplodontites olssoni Pilsbry, 1933

Diplodontites pilsbryana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951

Germainaia geayi (Germain, 1911)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodon biangulata Sowerby, 1869
+ Anodon feminalis Gould, 1850
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
+ Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1854

Nitia mutelaeformis (Germain, 1906)

Unio madagascariensis Sganzin, 1841

Unio malgachensis Germain, 1911

 
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