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

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Publication D.G. Smith (2001): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Smith, D.G. 2001. Systematics and distribution of Recent Margaritiferidae. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida, Ecological Studies 145: 33-49. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritanopsis dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritanopsis falcata (Gould, 1850) = Margaritifera falcata

Margaritanopsis laevis (Haas, 1910) = Margaritifera laevis

Margaritanopsis laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis
+ Margaritana woodthorpi Godwin-Austen, 1919

Margaritanopsis middendorffii (Rosén, 1926) = Margaritifera middendorffi

Margaritanopsis monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Margaritifera decumbens Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Pseudunio hembeli (Conrad, 1838) = Margaritifera hembeli

Pseudunio homsensis (Lea, 1864)
+ Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929
+ Unio episcopalis Tristram, 1865
+ Unio barroisi Drouët, 1893

Pseudunio marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus
+ Margaritana redomica Pallary, 1923
+ Margaritana dernaica Pallary, 1928

Pseudunio marrianae (Johnson, 1983) = Margaritifera marrianae