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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Galal-Khallaf, A., A.M. Farahat, M.E. Elmadawy, M.M. Rezk, M.F. El-Mallah et al. 2024. DNA and eDNA-based techniques for characterizing three unionid bivalve species in the northern River Nile, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Zoology 81: 15-29. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010
‘Heude’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 178.
Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376.
Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’].
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: 22.
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]

Anodonta impure Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024
Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: 22.

Sinanodonta woodiana Soroka, 2010
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 151. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2016. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 67: 60 [as ‘lineage G’]. [in part]
Konečný et al., 2018. Evol. Appl. 11: Table S1 [as ‘lineage G’]. [in part]
Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: Fig. 6.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta arcaeformis = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta arcaeformis flavotincta = Buldowskia flavotincta

Anodonta beringiana = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta couperiana = Utterbackiana couperiana

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta exulcerata

Anodonta hartfieldorum = Utterbackiana hartfieldorum

Anodonta impure [sic] = Brachyanodon impura

Anodonta kennerlyi

Anodonta lucida = Sinanodonta lucida

Anodonta nuttalliana

Anodonta oregonensis

Anodonta wahlamatensis = Anodonta nuttalliana

Anodonta woodiana = Sinanodonta woodiana

Chambardia rubens

Chambardia wahlbergi

Coelatura aegyptiaca

Coelatura alluaudi

Coelatura bakeri

Coelatura choziensis

Coelatura gabonensis

Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Coelatura hauttecoeuri kyogae = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Coelatura horei

Coelatura kunenensis

Coelatura luapulaensis

Coelatura stuhlmanni

Mutela dubia

Mutela hargeri

Mutela rostrata

Nitia acuminata

 
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