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

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species Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829): synonymy
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Glycymeris colorata Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279, pl. 5, fig. 4.

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946), Zhadin (1965), Petr (1992), Bogan (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Wesselingh et al. (2019), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Hypanis colorataYurishinets et al. (2002)
Adacna (Monodacna) colorataStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Hypanis (Monodacna) colorataMunasypova-Motyash (2006)
Adacna colorataKantor et al. (2010)

Monodacna colorata var. tanaisiana Milachewitch, 1916
Milachewitch, 1916. Moll. Mers Russes: 270, pl. 8, figs. 1-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Glycymeris colorata Eichwald, 1829)

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946)
Adacna colorataKantor et al. (2010)
Adacna (Monodacna) colorataVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Monodacna colorata var. angusticostata Borcea, 1926
Borcea, 1926. Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 13: 452, pl. 15, figs. 27-28, pl. 16, figs. 90-91, etc.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Glycymeris colorata Eichwald, 1829)

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Adacna (Monodacna) angusticostataStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Hypanis (Monodacna) angusticostata angusticostataMunasypova-Motyash (2006)
Hypanis (Monodacna) angusticostataMunasypova-Motyash (2006)
Adacna angusticostataKantor et al. (2010)

Monodacna colorata var. ialpugensis Borcea, 1926
Borcea, 1926. Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 13: 452, pl. 15, fig. 16.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Glycymeris colorata Eichwald, 1829)

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Hypanis jalpugensisYurishinets et al. (2002)
Adacna (Monodacna) jalpugensisStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Adacna jalpugensisKantor et al. (2010)
Adacna (Monodacna) ialpugensisVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Monodacna colorata var. luciae Borcea, 1926
Borcea, 1926. Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 13: 439, 469, pl. 18, figs. 146, 148-149, 151-153, pl. 21, figs. 8-9 [as ‘luciæ’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Glycymeris colorata Eichwald, 1829)

Adacna luciaeLamy (1946)
Adacna (Monodacna) luciaeVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Monodacna colorataWesselingh et al. (2019)

Monodacna colorata var. razelmiana Borcea, 1926
Borcea, 1926. Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 13: 436, 438, pl. 15, figs. 4-8, etc.

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946)
Adacna angusticostataKantor et al. (2010)
Adacna (Monodacna) angusticostataVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cardium trigonoides Ferussac, 1835
‘Pall.’ Ferussac, 1835. Bull. Zool.: 57.
(misidentified reference to Cardium trigonoides Pallas, 1771)

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946)

Hypanis jalpugensis Yurishinets et al., 2002
Yurishinets et al., 2002. Herald Zhytom. St. I. Franko Univ. 10: 110.
Starobogatov et al., 2004. Key Freshw. Invert. Russia 6 (molluscs, polychaetes, nemerteans): 50.
Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 282.
(error for Monodacna colorata var. ialpugensis Borcea, 1926)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Monodacna colorataLamy (1946), Zhadin (1965), Petr (1992), Bogan (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Wesselingh et al. (2019), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Adacna luciaeLamy (1946)
Hypanis colorataYurishinets et al. (2002)
Hypanis jalpugensisYurishinets et al. (2002)
Adacna (Monodacna) colorataStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) angusticostataStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) jalpugensisStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Hypanis (Monodacna) colorataMunasypova-Motyash (2006)
Hypanis (Monodacna) angusticostata angusticostataMunasypova-Motyash (2006)
Hypanis (Monodacna) angusticostataMunasypova-Motyash (2006)
Adacna colorataKantor et al. (2010)
Adacna angusticostataKantor et al. (2010)
Adacna jalpugensisKantor et al. (2010)
Adacna (Monodacna) ialpugensisVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) luciaeVinarski & Kantor (2016)

 
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