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

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Publication Korniushin (1998): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Korniushin, A.V. 1998. Review of the studies on freshwater mollusc systematics carried out by the Russian taxonomic school. Malacological Review - Bivalvia I 7: 65-82.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Batavusiana (Crassiana) crassus (Philipsson, 1788) = Unio crassus

Batavusiana (s.s.) mingrelicus (Drouet, 1881) = Unio gontierii

Batavusiana (s.s.) musivus [??] (Spengler, 1793) = Unio crassus

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Buldowskia (Amuranodonta) kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Buldowskia (s.s.) sujfunica [sic] (Lindholm, 1925) = Buldowskia suifunica

Colletopterum anatinus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum cyrea (Drouet, 1881) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum (Piscinaliana) piscinalis (Nilsson, 1823) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum (s.s.) subcircularis (Clessin, 1873) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870

Colletopterum (s.s.) subcircularis (Clessin, 1873) = Anodonta exulcerata

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815)

Dahurinaia (Kurilinaia) laevis (Haas, 1910) = Margaritifera laevis

Dahurinaia (Kurilinaia) sachalinensis (Shadin, 1938) = Margaritifera laevis

Dahurinaia (s.s.) dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) byzantinus (Drouet, 1881) = Unio gontierii
+ Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881

Eolymnium (Shadininaia) byzantinus (Drouet, 1881) = Unio vicarius

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) continentalis (Haas, 1910) = Inversidens pantoensis

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolicus (Middendorff, 1851) = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Musculium lacustre (Müller) = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Cyclas creplini Dunker, 1845

Musculium transversum (Say) = Sphaerium transversum

Nodularia (Amurunio) lebedevi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia (s.s.) douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) = Nodularia douglasiae

Pisidium amnicum (Müller)

Pisidium subtilestriatum Lindholm = Pisidium dilatatum

Pisidium (Eupisidium) casertanum Poli = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium roseum Scholtz, 1843

Pisidium (Eupisidium) henslowanum Sheppard = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium (Eupisidium) hibernicum Westerlund = Euglesa parvula

Pisidium (Eupisidium) hinzi Kuiper = Euglesa hinzi

Pisidium (Eupisidium) lilljeborgi Clessin = Euglesa lilljeborgii

Pisidium (Eupisidium) milium Held = Euglesa milium

Pisidium (Eupisidium) nitidum Jenyns = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium (Eupisidium) obtusale (Lamarck) = Euglesa obtusalis
+ Pisidium scholtzii Clessin, 1873

Pisidium (Eupisidium) personatum Malm = Euglesa personata

Pisidium (Eupisidium) pseudosphaerium Schlesch = Euglesa pseudosphaerium

Pisidium (Eupisidium) pulchellum Jenyns = Euglesa pulchella

Pisidium (Eupisidium) subtruncatum Malm = Euglesa subtruncata
+ Pisidium (Eupera) landeroini Germain, 1909

Pisidium (Eupisidium) supinum A. Schmidt = Euglesa supina

Pisidium (Eupisidium) waldeni Kuiper = Euglesa waldeni

Pisidium (Neopisidium) conventus Clessin = Conventus conventus

Pisidium (Neopisidium) moitessierianum Paladilhe = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum
+ Pisidium torquatum Stelfox, 1918

Pisidium (Neopisidium) tenuilineatum Stelfox = Odhneripisidium tenuilineatum

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) annandalei Prashad = Odhneripisidium annandalei
+ Odhneripisidium sogdianum Izzatullaev & Starobogatov, 1986

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) dancei Kuiper = Odhneripisidium dancei

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) stewarti Preston = Odhneripisidium stewarti

Potomida rothi (Bourguignat, 1863) = Potomida semirugata

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Sinanodonta (s.s.) woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus)
+ Sphaerium (Corneola) westerlundi Westerlund, 1873
+ Cyclas nucleus Studer, 1820

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus) = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium corneum var. asiaticum von Martens = Sphaerium asiaticum

Sphaerium corneum var. scaldianum (Normand) = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium nitidum sensu Odhner, 1921
+ Sphaerium rectidens Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967

Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck)

Sphaerium solida (Normand, 1844) = Sphaerium solidum

Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidus (Philippson in Retzius, 1788) = Unio tumidus