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Publication Froufe et al. (2017): summary
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Complete Citation

Froufe, E., M. Lopes-Lima, N. Riccardi, S. Zaccara, S. Vanetti et al. 2017. Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast. Biodiversity and Conservation 26: 3255-3274. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Sinanodonta woodiana Froufe et al., 2017
Froufe et al., 2017. Biodivers. Conserv. 26: Table S4. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta beringiana = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta exulcerata (Porro, 1838)

Cristaria plicata

Margaritifera margaritifera

Microcondylaea bonellii

Potomida littoralis

Sinanodonta lucida

Sinanodonta woodiana

Unio elongatulus

Unio mancus

Unio pictorum

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