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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera middendorffi

nominal species Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851

Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851 = Margaritifera middendorffi

‘Solander’ Middendorff, 1851. Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 273, pl. 27, figs. 1-6.
(misidentified reference to Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786)

= Margaritifera middendorffi

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dahurinaia middendorffi (Rosen, 1926) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926) — Bolotov et al., 2015

+ Kurilinaia middendorffi (Rosen, 1926) — Kantor et al., 2010

+ Kurilinaia middendorffi (Rosen, 1926) — Kantor & Sysoev, 2005

+ Kurilinaia middendorffi (Rosen, 1926) — Bogatov et al., 2003

+ Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera middendorffi (Rósen, 1926) — Haas, 1969

+ Margaritifera margaritifera middendorffi (Rósen, 1926) — Haas, 1940

+ Margaritana middendorffi Rosén, 1926 — Zhadin, 1938

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) — Preston, 1912

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

= Margaritana complanata (‘Solander’ Middend.) — Westerlund, 1890

+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

 
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