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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Vikhrev et al. (2018): summary

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Full Citation

Vikhrev, I.V., I.N. Bolotov, A. Altun, M.Y. Gofarov, G.A. Dvoryankin et al. 2018. The revenant: Rediscovery of Margaritifera homsensis from Orontes drainage with remarks on its taxonomic status and conservation. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(1): 69-80. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Psilunio littoralis Giribet & Wheeler, 2002 = Unio ravoisieri

Giribet & Wheeler, 2002. Invert. Biol. 121(4): 277.
Giribet & Distel, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 52.
Huff et al., 2004. J. Moll. Studies 70: 381 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
Jeffrey et al., 2016. J. Comp. Physiol. B 187: 91.
Vikhrev et al., 2018. Systemat. Biodiv. 16(1): Appendix 5 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis cardium

Margaritifera auricularia = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera homsensis = Pseudunio homsensis

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera laosensis = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marocana = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera middendorffii = Margaritifera middendorffi
+ Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004

Margaritifera monodonta = Cumberlandia monodonta

N. margaritacea = Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potomida littoralis

 
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