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

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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Monodacna

species Monodacna caspia (Eichwald, 1829): specimens
     9 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Hypanis caspia caspia — Kantor et al. (2010)
Monodacna caspia — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Adacna pontica — Kantor et al. (2010)
Monodacna pseudocardium — Huber (2010)
Monodacna portica [sic] — Bogan (2010)
Hypanis caspia filatovae — Kantor et al. (2010)
Hypanis caspia knipowitschi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna grossui — Kantor et al. (2010)
Monodacna knipowitschi — WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Monodacna filatovae — WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Adacna (Monodacna) caspia caspia — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) caspia filatovae — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) caspia knipowitschi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) grossui — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Monodacna colorata — Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Range

Brackish, northern Black and Caspian seas near major river deltas.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.