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

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Publication Graf & Cummings (2009): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2009. Actual and alleged freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) from Madagascar and the Mascarenes, with description of a new genus, Germainaia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158: 221-238. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Taxonomic Opinions

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
+ Nodularia (Cælatura) cariei Germain, 1919
+ Nodularia carieri Barré et al., 1982

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)

Diplodon fluctiger (Lea, 1859)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807

Germainaia geayi (Germain, 1911)

Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sinuata Sganzin, 1841

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
+ Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819

Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes, 1821) = Simpsonella burroughiana
+ Unio mauritianus Lea, 1859
+ Unio verecundus Gould, 1850