MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Monodacna
species Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829): specimens
6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Monodacna colorata — Bogan (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Wesselingh et al. (2019), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Adacna colorata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna angusticostata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna jalpugensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna (Monodacna) colorata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) angusticostata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) ialpugensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) luciae — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Range
In the Black Sea basin, including the Dnieper and Veselovsk reservoirs. Introduced to Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan. (North Eurasia: EU1 EU3)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
No map available.
MUSSELp Specimen Records
There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
GenBank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
