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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Etheriidae

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Data last updated
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Publication Príe et al. (2021): summary

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Full Citation

Príe, V., A. Valentini, M. Lopes-Lima, E. Froufe, M. Rocle et al. 2021. Environmental DNA metabarcoding for freshwater bivalves biodiversity assessment: methods and results for the Western Palearctic (European sub-region). Hydrobiologia 848: 2931-2950. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta exulcerata Porro, 1838

Congeria jalzici Morton & Bilandzija, 2013

Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962

Congeria mulaomerovici Morton & Bilandzija, 2013

Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)

Corbicula leana Prime, 1867

Dreissena blanci Westerlund, 1890 = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena presbensis Kobelt, 1915 = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov, 1897) = Dreissena bugensis

Dreissena stankovici Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982 = Dreissena carinata

Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)

Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852)

Euglesa edlaueri Kuiper, 1960

Euglesa globularis (Clessin, 1873)

Euglesa henslowana (Sheppard, 1823)

Euglesa hibernica (Westerlund, 1894) = Euglesa parvula

Euglesa hinzi (Kuiper, 1975)

Euglesa lilljeborgii (Clessin, 1886)

Euglesa maasseni Kuiper, 1987

Euglesa milium (Held, 1836)

Euglesa nitida (Jenyns, 1832)

Euglesa obtusalis (Lamarck, 1818)

Euglesa personata (Malm, 1855)

Euglesa pseudosphaerium (J. Favre, 1927)

Euglesa pulchella (Jenyns, 1832)

Euglesa subtruncata (Malm, 1855)

Euglesa supina (A. Schmidt, 1850)

Euglesa waldeni (Kuiper, 1975)

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Odhneripisidium annandalei Prashad, 1925

Odhneripisidium conventus (Clessin, 1877) = Conventus conventus

Odhneripisidium moitessierianum (Paladilhe, 1866)

Odhneripisidium tenuilineatum (Stelfox, 1918)

Pisidium amnicum (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Potomida acarnanica (Kobelt, 1879)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793)

Pseudunio marocanus Pallary, 1918

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Pyganodon grandis Amaro et al., 2017

Sphaerium asiaticum (Martens, 1864)

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphaerium lacustre (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Sphaerium nitidum Clessin, 1876

Sphaerium nucleus (S. Studer, 1820)

Sphaerium ovale (A. Férussac, 1807)

Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)

Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829)

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853

Unio c. courtillieri Hattemann, 1859 = Unio crassus

Unio c. crassus Philipsson, 1788 = Unio crassus

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio durieui (Deshayes, 1847)

Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793

Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio ravoisieri (Deshayes, 1848)

Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852

Unio tumidiformis da Silva e Castro, 1885

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

 
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