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Publication Araujo et al. (2017): summary

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Full Citation

Araujo, R., D. Buckley, K.-O. Nagel & A. Machordom. 2017. Potomida littoralis (Bivalvia, Unionidae) evolutionary history: slow evolution or recent speciation? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(2): 277-290. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Contortus Araujo et al., 2017

Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
(error for Contradens Haas, 1911)
Type species: Unio contradens Lea, 1838 = Lens contradens

Attributed Nominal Species

Contortus contortus Araujo et al., 2017 = Lens contradens

Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
(error for Unio contradens Lea, 1838)

Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Jay, 1836. Cat. Rec. Shells: 20 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 198 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 494 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140 [as ‘Caelatura egyptiaca’].
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
(error for Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Lamellidens generosus Whelan et al., 2011 = Lamellidens savadiensis

‘Gould’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013. J. Moll. Studies 79: 251.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): 310.
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207.
Pfeiffer et al., 2018. J. Moll. Studies 84(4): [3].
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 117.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio generosus Gould, 1847)

Lamprotula gottschei He et al., 2016 = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

‘Martens’ of Authors.
He et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(1): 246.
Xue et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(4): 2699.
Zhou et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(6): 4616.
Fonseca et al., 2016. mtDNA B 1(1): 955.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. J. Moll. Studies 83: 250.
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
Soroka & Burzynski, 2017. mtDNA B 2(2): 863.
Aunins et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 1125.
Cha et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 946.
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): 3489.
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): 1216.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 100.
Chen et al., 2020. mtDNA B 5(3): 2800.
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): 80.
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022. Mol. Biol. Rep. 49: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio gottschei Martens, 1894)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus Walker et al., 2006 = Sundadontina tumida

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 508. [in part]
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 281.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula gottschei = Lamprotula leaii

Aculamprotula tortuosa

Amblema plicata

Anodonta anatina

Coelatura egyptiaca [sic] = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Contortus [sic] contortus [sic] = Lens contradens

Etheria elliptica

Gonidea angulata

Hyridella depressa

Lamellidens generosus

Lamprotula leaii

Lampsilis teres

Margaritifera marocana = Pseudunio marocanus

Microcondylaea bonellii

Mutela dubia

Mycetopoda siliquosa

Nitia teretiuscula

Parreysia mandelayensis = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Potomida littoralis

Pronodularia japanensis

Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Unio delphinus

 
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