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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | unionoid species unionoid species __: synonymy 27 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher Limnaea fusca Poli, 1795 Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: 253. | |
Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815 Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pl. 22, figs. 3-4. [in part] (misidentified reference to Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) pictorum — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Unio angusta Lamarck, 1819
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 147, fig. 3 ?. [pre-linnaean] Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 80, sp. 42. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0032, Habite..... Mus. n°.
Unio angusta — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) — Haas (1969) | |
Mytilus dentatus Turton, 1822 Turton, 1822. Conch. Ins. Brit.: 115. | |
Anodonta radiata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], fig. 4a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147. (homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820)
Anodonta radiata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio concentrica Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 3 [as Unio sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151. | |
Diplasma marginata Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 6. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 83.
Diplasma marginata — Frierson (1914) — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Diplasma similis Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 6. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 83.
— Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Diplasma (Hemisolasma?) vitrea Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 6. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 83.
Diplasma vitrea — Frierson (1927), Modell (1942) Parreysia olivarius — Graf & Cummings (2006) — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831 Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination]. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 133. Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, México....in a stream a few leagues from Vera‑Cruz.
Nephronaias medellinus — Simpson (1900) Unio (Elliptio) medellinus — Martens (1900) Nephronaias medellina — Simpson (1914) Unio purpuriatus — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969) Disconaias purpuriata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Anodonta aperta Rafinesque, 1832 Rafinesque, 1832. Atl. Jour. 1(4): 154. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 92.
Glabaris aperta — Simpson (1900) Anodontites aperta — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006) | |
Unio paphos Rafinesque, 1832 Rafinesque, 1832. Atl. Jour. 1(4): 154. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 92.
Glabaris paphos — Simpson (1900) Anodontites paphos — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006) Diplodon paphos — Simone (2006) | |
Anodonta fragilis Fitzinger, 1833 Fitzinger, 1833. Syst, Verz. Österr. Weichth.: 120.
Anodonta fragilis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta trigona Held, 1836 Held, 1836. Isis (Oken) 1836: 280. (homonym of Anodon trigonus Wagner, 1827)
Anodonta trigona — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio antiquatus Anton, 1839 Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 14, sp. 545. | |
Unio rugosus Anton, 1839 Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 14, sp. 546. (homonym of Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801) | |
Unio (s.s.) longedentatus Anton, 1839 Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 14, no. 543.
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodon pictus Swainson, 1841 Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 39.
Glabaris pictus — Simpson (1900) Anodonta pictus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodontites pictus — Simpson (1914) | |
Unio madagascariensis Sganzin, 1841 Sganzin, 1841. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg 3: 8.
— Simpson (1900), Germain (1907), Simpson (1914), Germain (1918), Haas (1936), Graf & Cummings (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021) Unio madagascariensis — Kobelt (1910), Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973), IUCN (2016) Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) madagascariensis — Haas (1969) Coelatura madagascariensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010) | |
Anodonta dalei Lesson, 1844 Lesson, 1844. Complé. de Buffon 1: 155, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Anodonta dalei — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio wolwichii Morelet, 1845
Morelet, 1845. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Portugal: 105, pl. 13, fig. 1. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1964, les eaux de la Vallèe du Tage, entre Villa-Nova et Azumbuja [Portugal].
Unio (sec. Lymnium) batavus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Haas (1940) — Haas (1969) | |
Unio mexicanus Philippi, 1847 Philippi, 1847. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 4(6): 95. Philippi, 1849. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 4: 28, pl. 6, fig. 3. Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, México.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) mexicanus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Elliptio) mexicanus — Martens (1900) Elliptio (Sphenonaias) mexicanus — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) mexicanus — Haas (1929) Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) mexicana — Haas (1969) Sphenonaias mexicana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio oregonensis Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 275 [31], pl. 22, fig. 33. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85073, Columbia R., Oregon.
Nephronaias oregonensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021) Elliptio (Nephronaias) oregonensis — Frierson (1927) Nephronaias (s.s.) oregonensis — Haas (1969) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio coloratus Küster, 1856
‘Charpentier mss.’ Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 155, pl. 44, fig. 6. Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Mexiko.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) coloratus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. coloratus — Martens (1900) Elliptio (Sphenonaias) coloratus — Frierson (1927) Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) colorata — Haas (1969) Sphenonaias colorata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio rugulosus Küster, 1856
‘Charpentier mss.’ Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 154, pl. 44, fig. 5. (homonym of Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828) Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Neuholland.
Nephronaias rugulosus — Simpson (1900) Unio (Simonaias) dysoni — Martens (1900) Nephronaias tabascoensis — Ihering (1901) Nephronaias rugulosa — Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021) Elliptio (Nephronaias) rugolosus [sic] — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) rugulosa — Haas (1929) — Iredale (1934), Cummings et al. (2025) Nephronaias (s.s.) rugulosa — Haas (1969) | |
Unio shuttleworthi Küster, 1856
‘Charpentier mss.’ Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 152, pl. 44, fig. 2.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Velesunio shuttleworthi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) — B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Unio tabascoensis Küster, 1856
‘Charpentier mss.’ Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 153, pl. 44, fig. 3. Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Tabasco in Mexiko.
Nephronaias tabascoensis — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1901), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. tabascoensis — Martens (1900) Elliptio (Nephronaias) tabascoensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929) Nephronaias (s.s.) tabascoensis — Haas (1969) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Anodonta sulcosa Adams & Adams, 1857 ‘Conr.’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 503. [nomen nudum]
Anodonta sulcosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta viridis Adams & Adams, 1857 ‘Lea’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 503. [nomen nudum] (homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis Rafinesque, 1820)
Anodonta viridis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 39, fig. 130. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965169, Hab._? [Asia ?].
Nodularia (s.s.) fluctiger — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (sec. Scabies) fluctigera — Haas (1911) Nodularia (s.s.) fluctigera — Simpson (1914) Diplodon fluctiger — Haas (1919), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2009), Bogan (2010) Nodularia (Scabies) fluctigera — Haas (1924) Diplodon guaranianus fluctiger — Haas (1930) Ecuadorea fluctiger — Modell (1950) — Parodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2021) Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus fluctiger — Haas (1969) | |
Unio melleus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 38, fig. 129. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965175, Hab._?
Nephronaias melleus — Simpson (1900), Frierson (1917) Nephronaias mellea — Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Elliptio (Nephronaias) melleus — Frierson (1927) Nephronaias (s.s.) mellea — Haas (1969) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Anodon triangularis Sowerby, 1867
 ‘Lanza?’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, sp. 56.
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 29, fig. 56b. Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965211, Hab._?
Anodonta triangularis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata. (homonym of Unio rusticus Lea, 1856; renamed Psoronaias plexoideus Frierson, 1927) Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) crocodilarum [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Psoronaias plexoideus — Frierson (1927) Barynaias plexus — Haas (1969) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Anodon brevis Sowerby, 1870
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 31, sp. 124.
Glabaris brevis — Simpson (1900) Anodontites (s.s.) brevis — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta martensii Clessin, 1876 Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 181, pl. 63, fig. 2.
Anodonta martensii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio pancici Drouët, 1882 Drouët, 1882. Unionidae de Serbie: 17. | |
Unio eumacrus Bourguignat, 1883 Letourneux in Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 30. | |
Unio vittorioi Bourguignat, 1883 Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 28. | |
Unio peracutus Servain, 1888 Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 318. | |
Anodonta chinensis Paetel, 1890 Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 177. (misidentified reference to Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831)
Anodonta chinensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Unio depressus var. mutabilis Hedley & Musson, 1891 ‘Lea’ Hedley & Musson, 1891. unknown publication: 564. (misidentified reference to Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859)
Hyridella interserta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Unio clessini Drouët, 1892 Drouët, 1892. J. de Conch. 40: 89. | |
Unio mansellianus Drouët, 1893 Drouët, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 40.
— Bank (2006) | |
Unio sphenorhynchus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 296. Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 617, pl. 66, fig. 2-2a. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN_IM-2000-1792, Mexique.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) sphenorhynchus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Sphenonaias) acutirostris — Martens (1900) Elliptio (Nephronaias) sphenorhynchus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929) Nephronaias (s.s.) sphenorhynchus — Haas (1969) Nephronaias sphenorhyncha — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus subventralis Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 506, pl. 36, figs. 1-1b. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831) Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108852, Tabasco, Mexico.
Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus subventralis — Martens (1900) Nephronaias calamitarum var. subventralis — Simpson (1914) Elliptio (Nephronaias) subventralis — Frierson (1927) Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica — Haas (1969) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio yliscerus Rochebrune, 1903 ‘Locard’ Rochebrune, 1903. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 9: 390.
Unio yliscerus — Rochebrune (1903) | |
Microdontia ovata Haas, 1910
Haas, 1910. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 42: 100. Haas, 1911. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 43): pl. 16, fig. 5.
Haas, 1913. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 48): 161. Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3531, N. Guinea; Umg. v. Konstantinhafen ?
Microdontia ovata — Haas (1910), Haas (1913), Modell (1964) Nodularia (s.s.) ovata — Simpson (1914) Velesunio ovata — McMichael (1956), Bogan (2010) Velesunio ovatus — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) — B.J. Smith (1992), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021) Velesunio ovata [sic] — Graf & Cummings (2007) | |
Unio (—?) malgachensis Germain, 1911
Germain, 1911. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 17: 139, pl. 1, figs. 3-5. Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 24: 36. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_20832, Madagascar.
Unio malgachensis — Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), IUCN (2016) — Germain (1918), Haas (1936), Graf & Cummings (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021) Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) geayi — Haas (1969) Caelatura [sic] malgachensis — Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973) Coelatura malgachensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) | |
Psoronaias plexoideus Frierson, 1927 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata [as ‘Unio rusticus’]. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 63, sp. 273. (new name for Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868) Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.
Psoronaias plexoideus — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Barynaias) plexoideus — Haas (1930) Barynaias plexus — Haas (1969) — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio cathaicus Haas, 1930
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(1): 7, figs. 6-7. Type(s): TYPE SMF_3657, Hunan, M. China. | |
Rugoshyria aquilonalis Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72, pl. 5, fig. 9; pl. 6, fig. 8. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_484, Bloomfield River, Queensland, Australia [-15.95, 145.333 ± 10 km].
Rugoshyria aquilonalis — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella aquilonalis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) — Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Rugoshyria interserta Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72, pl. 5, fig. 8; pl. 6, fig. 9. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61949, Mary River at Kenilworth, N of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [-26.6, 152.733 ± 10 km].
Rugoshyria interserta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella interserta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) — Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Trapezoideus exolescens Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013 ‘Gould’ of Authors. Brandt, 1974. Arch. Moll. 105: 299. Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013. J. Moll. Studies 79: 251. Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): [4]. Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177. (misidentified reference to Unio exolescens Gould, 1843)
Trapezoideus exolescens — Konopleva et al. (2017) Trapezoideus foliaceus — Bolotov et al. (2017) Trapezoideus sp. 1 — Bolotov et al. (2017) Physunio sp. ‘Trapezoideus’ — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020) undescribed Contradentini sp. — Pfeiffer et al. (2021) — Campbell & Lydeard (2026) | |
Unio perissus of Authors, unknown year of Authors.
— Haas (1929) | |
Anodonta curvata Lea, 1836 ‘Ferussac’ of Authors. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum] Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. [nomen nudum] Jay, 1839. Cat. Rec. Shells: 27. [nomen nudum] Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. [nomen nudum]
Anodonta curvata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodon lepidus of Authors, unknown year ‘Lea’ of Authors. | |
Anodon pealiana of Authors, unknown year ‘Lea’ of Authors. | |
Anodonta aloisi of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat, 1885 of Authors. | |
Anodonta anatinoides of Authors, unknown year ‘Klein. Brown’ of Authors. | |
Anodonta cimbila of Authors, unknown year Villa of Authors. | |
Anodonta cuneata of Authors, unknown year ‘Küst.’ of Authors. | |
Anodonta deila of Authors, unknown year Servain, 1885 of Authors. | |
Anodonta dumbensis of Authors, unknown year Locard, in MNHN coll. of Authors. | |
Anodonta fragilis of Authors, unknown year Menke of Authors. | |
Anodonta pathyscica of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat, 1886 of Authors. | |
Anodonta polyrhynchus of Authors, unknown year Kokeil, Kreglinger, Binn. Moll., p. 333, 1870 of Authors. | |
Anodonta tibiscana of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat, 1886 of Authors. | |
Anodonta triangularis of Authors, unknown year Villa of Authors. | |
Diplodon coloniensis of Authors, unknown year
Marshall, in CM & USNM colls. of Authors. Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME USNM_369000, Uruguay River, Nueva Palmira, Uruguay (Colonia). | |
Dipsas choloensis of Authors, unknown year
Mabille, in MNHN coll. of Authors. Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME MNHN_MP_0044, Tonkin. | |
Mytilus grisea of Authors, unknown year Schrött. of Authors. | |
Unio acramblyus of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio ambrosianus of Authors, unknown year Adami of Authors. | |
Unio angulosus of Authors, unknown year of Authors. | |
Unio antiguus of Authors, unknown year ‘Phl.’ of Authors. | |
Unio aporus of Authors, unknown year Servain of Authors. | |
Unio asiaticus of Authors, unknown year Parr. of Authors. | |
Unio bartani of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio blauverensis of Authors, unknown year ‘Lea’ of Authors. | |
Unio calliodon of Authors, unknown year Galland of Authors. | |
Unio cariopsis of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio coniformis of Authors, unknown year Locard of Authors. | |
Unio cyrniacus of Authors, unknown year Mabille of Authors. | |
Unio destructus of Authors, unknown year Parreys of Authors. | |
Unio ebikonicus of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio eumanus of Authors, unknown year Kobelt of Authors. | |
Unio flavicans of Authors, unknown year Vid. of Authors. | |
Unio hagenmulleri of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio joubini of Authors, unknown year Locard, in coll. MNHN of Authors. | |
Unio lamobrachys of Authors, unknown year Rafinesque of Authors. | |
Unio maritzianus of Authors, unknown year ‘Bourguignat’ of Authors. | |
Unio meduacensis of Authors, unknown year Adami of Authors. | |
Unio microdon of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio oethryus of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio ovata of Authors, unknown year Rafinesque of Authors. | |
Unio pilarianus of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio sautaremicus of Authors, unknown year Castro of Authors. | |
Unio scutaricus of Authors, unknown year Bourguignat of Authors. | |
Unio subpalleus of Authors, unknown year Thiesse of Authors. | |
Unio taphricola of Authors, unknown year Servain of Authors. | |
Unio groenlandicus Schröter, 1779 Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 181, pl. 9, fig. 1. [non-binomial] Mørch, 1868. Amer. J. Conch. 4: 38.
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Mya rosstrata Lightfoot, 1786 ‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983. [nomen nudum] | |
Paxyodon leve Schumacher, 1815 Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta arcuata Férussac, 1822 Férussac, 1822. Art. Anod., in Dict. class. d’hist. nat. 1: 397. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio ovata Stark, 1828 ‘Lam.’ Stark, 1828. Elements Nat. Hist. 2: 90. (misidentified reference to Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819)
Anodonta ovata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta tumida Fitzinger, 1833 Fitzinger, 1833. Syst, Verz. Österr. Weichth.: 299. [nomen nudum] | |
Alasmodonta incurva Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 28. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 70. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta chinensis Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum] Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta folium Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio nitidens Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio orientalis Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer,’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer,’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio preciosus Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio pulchellus Lea, 1836 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta borysthenica Krynicki, 1837 Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 58. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta riparium Eichwald, 1838 ‘Pfeiff.’ Eichwald, 1838. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 163. [nomen nudum] | |
Mysca brugieri Schlüter, 1838 ‘Mich.’ Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta gibba Anton, 1839 ‘Z.’ Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 16. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta canescens Villa, 1841 ‘Stentz’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta virens Villa, 1841 ‘Stentz’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum] (homonym of Anodonta virens Lea, 1852) | |
Anodonta decapitata C.B. Adams, 1847 ‘Küst.’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta rossmässleri Drouët, 1852 ‘Kinberg’ Drouët, 1852. Etudes Nayades de la France: 17. [nomen nudum] (homonym of Anodonta cygnea var. rossmasleri Malzine, 1867) | |
Unio carniolicus Lea, 1852 ‘Ziegler. Potier’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. [nomen nudum] ‘Ziegler. Potier’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio errosus Lea, 1852 ‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. [nomen nudum] ‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. | |
Unio moravicus Lea, 1852 ‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio obtusa Lea, 1852 ‘Potier and Michaud’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Potier and Michaud’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio pruneosus Lea, 1852 ‘Zeig.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Zeig.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio truncatosus Lea, 1852 ‘Potier’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Potier’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio zimermani Lea, 1852 ‘Stenz. Potier’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum] ‘Stenz. Potier’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta triangularis Frauenfeld, 1856 ‘Vidovic’ Frauenfeld, 1856. Fauna Dalm.: 76. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio purpuratus Küster, 1861 ‘Say’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 162. (error for Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831) | |
Unio tabascoensii Küster, 1862 ‘Charp.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309. (error for Unio tabascoensis Küster, 1856) | |
Anodonta triangulata Brusina, 1866 Kutschig in Brusina, 1866. Moll. Dalm.: 131. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta compressa Brusina, 1870 Brusina, 1870. Contrib. Malac. Croat.: 32. [nomen nudum] (homonym of Anodonta compressa Menke, 1830) | |
Anodonta croatica Brusina, 1870 Brusina, 1870. Contrib. Malac. Croat.: ??. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta polymorpha Lea, 1870 ‘Küster’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84. [nomen nudum] ‘Kutsch.’ Brusina, 1870. Contrib. Malac. Croat.: 32. [nomen nudum]
Anodonta polymorpha — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta recurvirostra Lea, 1870 ‘Küster’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84. [nomen nudum]
Anodonta recurvirostra — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta sabljarii Brusina, 1870 ‘Kutsch.’ Brusina, 1870. Contrib. Malac. Croat.: 32. [nomen nudum] | |
Margaron (Unio) aveia Lea, 1870 ‘Ben.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio longidentatus Lea, 1870 ‘Anton’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. (error for Unio (s.s.) longedentatus Anton, 1839) | |
Unio seneltensis Lea, 1870 ‘Gass.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio baudoni Kobelt, 1879 ‘Drouet’ Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 43, pl. 163, fig. 1646. (misidentified reference to Unio baudoni Folin & Bérillon, 1874) | |
Unio kulpanus Servain, 1888 Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio mahometanus Servain, 1888 Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio varasdinus Servain, 1888 Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta proboscidaea Westerlund, 1890 ‘Z.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 297 [as ‘proboscidæa’]. [nomen nudum] | |
Anodonta stenorhyncha Westerlund, 1890 ‘Kstr.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 299. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio zealandicus Paetel, 1890 ‘Gray’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 172. [nomen nudum]
Diplodon zealandicus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Unio longitudinatus Simpson, 1900 ‘Anton’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 862. ‘Anton’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1193. (error for Unio (s.s.) longedentatus Anton, 1839) | |
Nodularia (Coelatura) radiata Kobelt, 1910 ‘Charmes’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 85. [nomen nudum]
Nodularia (Coelatura) radiata — Kobelt (1910) | |
Elliptio rugolosus Frierson, 1927 ‘Küster’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 35. (error for Unio rugulosus Küster, 1856) | |
Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana Bautista, 1991 ‘Lea’ Bautista, 1991. Indo-Pacific Prehist. Assoc. Bull. 10: 164, Table 1. (misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)
Simpsonella sp. — Bolotov et al. (2024) | |
Anodontites weirauchi Ramírez et al., 2003 ‘Haas, 1930’ Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273. [nomen nudum]
Anodontites weirauchi — Ramírez et al. (2003) | |
Mutela lwili Graf & Cummings, 2012 Graf & Cummings, 2012. Mussel Proj.: ??. [nomen nudum] | |
Margaritifera auricularia Victoria et al., 2022 Victoria et al., 2022. MOJ Public Health: 138. (misidentified reference to Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793)
— Bolotov et al. (2024) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) Unio (sec. Lymnium) pictorum — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio angusta — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Anodonta radiata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta ovata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Nephronaias medellinus — Simpson (1900) Unio (Elliptio) medellinus — Martens (1900) Glabaris aperta — Simpson (1900) Glabaris paphos — Simpson (1900) Anodonta fragilis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta trigona — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta curvata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) — Simpson (1900), Germain (1907), Simpson (1914), Germain (1918), Haas (1929), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Glabaris pictus — Simpson (1900) Anodonta pictus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta dalei — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Unio (sec. Lymnium) batavus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Elliptio) mexicanus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Elliptio) mexicanus — Martens (1900) Nephronaias oregonensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021) Unio (sec. Elliptio) coloratus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. coloratus — Martens (1900) Nephronaias rugulosus — Simpson (1900) Unio (Simonaias) dysoni — Martens (1900) Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Nephronaias tabascoensis — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1901), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. tabascoensis — Martens (1900) Anodonta sulcosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta viridis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Nodularia (s.s.) fluctiger — Simpson (1900) Nephronaias melleus — Simpson (1900), Frierson (1917) Anodonta triangularis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Unio (sec. Elliptio) crocodilarum [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Glabaris brevis — Simpson (1900) Anodonta polymorpha — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta recurvirostra — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta martensii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Anodonta chinensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Diplodon zealandicus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Elliptio) sphenorhynchus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Sphenonaias) acutirostris — Martens (1900) Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus subventralis — Martens (1900) Unio yliscerus — Rochebrune (1903) Unio madagascariensis — Kobelt (1910), Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973), IUCN (2016) Microdontia ovata — Haas (1910), Haas (1913), Modell (1964) Nodularia (Coelatura) radiata — Kobelt (1910) Nodularia (sec. Scabies) fluctigera — Haas (1911) Unio malgachensis — Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), IUCN (2016) Diplasma marginata — Frierson (1914) Nephronaias medellina — Simpson (1914) Unio purpuriatus — Simpson (1914) Anodontites aperta — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006) Anodontites paphos — Simpson (1914), Simone (2006) Anodontites pictus — Simpson (1914) Nephronaias rugulosa — Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021) Nodularia (s.s.) fluctigera — Simpson (1914) Nephronaias mellea — Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Anodontites (s.s.) brevis — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Nephronaias calamitarum var. subventralis — Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) ovata — Simpson (1914) Diplodon fluctiger — Haas (1919), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2009), Bogan (2010) Nodularia (Scabies) fluctigera — Haas (1924) Diplasma vitrea — Frierson (1927), Modell (1942) Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969) Elliptio (Sphenonaias) mexicanus — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) oregonensis — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Sphenonaias) coloratus — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) rugolosus [sic] — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) tabascoensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929) Elliptio (Nephronaias) melleus — Frierson (1927) Psoronaias plexoideus — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) sphenorhynchus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929) Elliptio (Nephronaias) subventralis — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Nephronaias) mexicanus — Haas (1929) Elliptio (Nephronaias) rugulosa — Haas (1929) Diplodon guaranianus fluctiger — Haas (1930) Elliptio (Barynaias) plexoideus — Haas (1930) Velesunio shuttleworthi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) Rugoshyria aquilonalis — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Rugoshyria interserta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Haas (1940) Ecuadorea fluctiger — Modell (1950) Velesunio ovata — McMichael (1956), Bogan (2010) Hyridella interserta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) Velesunio ovatus — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) Hyridella aquilonalis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) madagascariensis — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) mexicana — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (s.s.) oregonensis — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) colorata — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (s.s.) rugulosa — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (s.s.) tabascoensis — Haas (1969) Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus fluctiger — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (s.s.) mellea — Haas (1969) Barynaias plexus — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (s.s.) sphenorhynchus — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica — Haas (1969) Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) geayi — Haas (1969) Caelatura [sic] malgachensis — Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973) Coelatura madagascariensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010) Coelatura malgachensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) Anodontites weirauchi — Ramírez et al. (2003) Parreysia olivarius — Graf & Cummings (2006) Diplodon paphos — Simone (2006) Disconaias purpuriata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Sphenonaias mexicana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Sphenonaias colorata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Nephronaias sphenorhyncha — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023) Velesunio ovata [sic] — Graf & Cummings (2007) Trapezoideus exolescens — Konopleva et al. (2017) Trapezoideus foliaceus — Bolotov et al. (2017) Trapezoideus sp. 1 — Bolotov et al. (2017) Physunio sp. ‘Trapezoideus’ — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020) undescribed Contradentini sp. — Pfeiffer et al. (2021) Simpsonella sp. — Bolotov et al. (2024)
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