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Publication Zhadin (1965): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Zhadin, V.I. 1965. Mollusks of fresh and brackish waters of the USSR. 365 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Abra ovata (Philippi, 1893) = Abra segmentum

Adacna (Hypanis) grimmi Andrusov, 1923 = Hypanis plicata

Adacna (Hypanis) plicata (Eichwald, 1829) = Hypanis plicata

Adacna (Hypanis) plicata var. relicta (Milachewitch, 1916) = Hypanis plicata

Adacna (s.s.) laeviuscula (Eichwald, 1829) = Adacna laeviuscula

Adacna (s.s.) laeviuscula var. fragilis (Milachewitch, 1908) = Adacna fragilis

Adacna (s.s.) vitrea (Eichwald, 1829) = Adacna vitrea

Adacna (s.s.) vitrea var. minima (Ostroumoff, 1907) = Adacna minima

Aloidis (Corbulomya) maeotica (Milachewitch, 1908) = Lentidium mediterraneum

Aloidis (s.s.) amurensis (Schrenck, 1867) = Potamocorbula amurensis

Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta (Haasiella) euscaphys (Heude, 1879) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) complanata (Ziegler) Rossmaessler, 1835 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) complanata var. borealis Kobelt, 1891 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) complanata var. klettii Rossmaessler, 1835 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) complanata var. middendorffi Siemaschko, 1848 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) complanata var. minima Millet, 1833 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) rossmaessleri (Bourguignat, 1881) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta (Pteranodon) woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Anodonta magnifica Schrenck, 1867

Anodonta (Pteranodon) woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Anodonta (Pteranodon) woodiana var. elliptica (Heude, 1866-1886) = Sinanodonta elliptica

Anodonta (s.s.) anatina (L., 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) anatina var. lenae Shadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) anatina var. viridiflava Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) beringiana Middendorff, 1851 = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta (s.s.) beringiana var. suifunensis Shadin, 1938 = Buldowskia suifunica

Anodonta (s.s.) beringiana var. taranetzi Shadin, 1938 = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta (s.s.) cellensis [sic] (Schröter, 1779) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (s.s.) cellensis [sic] var. tchernaica Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cellensis var. ssorensis [sic] W. Dyb., 1912 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cygneus (L., 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (s.s.) cyrea Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cyrea var. bactriana Rolle, 1897 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cyrea var. georgiana Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cyrea var. lenkoranensis Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cyrea var. sogdiana Kobelt, 1896 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) piscinalis Nilsson, 1822 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) piscinalis var. crimeana Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) piscinalis var. ostiaria Drouet, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) piscinalis var. ponderosa Pfeiffer, C., 1825 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) piscinalis var. volgensis Shadin, 1938 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) sedakovi [sic] Siemaschko, 1848 = Anodonta anatina

Cardium edule L., 1758 = Cerastoderma edule

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)
+ Corbicula suifuensis Lindholm, 1925

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) = Corbicula elatior

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815)
+ Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848

Didacna baeri (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna barbot-de-marnyi [sic] (Grimm, 1877) = Didacna barbotdemarnii

Didacna crassa Eichwald, 1841 = Didacna eichwaldi

Didacna longipes (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna protracta (Eichwald, 1841)

Didacna pyramidata (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna trigonoides (Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena andrusovi (Brusina) Andrusov, 1897 = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissena bugensis Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855

Dreissena distincta Andrusov, 1897 = Dreissena grimmi

Dreissena grimmi Andrusov, 1890

Dreissena pallasi Andrusov, 1897 = Dreissena caspia

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena polymorpha var. aralensis Andrusov, 1897 = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissena polymorpha var. fluviatilis Pallas, 1771 = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissena polymorpha var. marina Pallas, 1771 = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissena polymorpha var. obtusecarinata Andrusov, 1897 = Dreissena polymorpha

Lanceolaria cylindrica (Simpson, 1900)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Macoma baltica [sic] (L., 1758) = Macoma balthica

Macoma calcarea (Chemnitz)

Margaritana dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritana margaritifera (L., 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana middendorffi Rosen, 1926 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Margaritana sachalinensis Shadin, 1938 = Margaritifera laevis

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829)

Monodacna edentula (Pallas, 1771) = Monodacna polymorpha

Monodacna edentula var. caspia Eichwald, 1841 = Monodacna caspia

Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838 = Monodacna caspia
+ Cardium pseudocardium Deshayes, 1838

Mya arenaria L., 1758

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Mytilus edulis L., 1758

Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819

Pisidium (Eupisidium) amnicum (Müller, 1774) = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium (Eupisidium) casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium (Eupisidium) chankense Likharev, in litt. = Euglesa chankensis

Pisidium (Eupisidium) henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823) = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium (Eupisidium) henslowanum var. inappendiculatum Steenberg, 1917 = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium (Eupisidium) hibernicum West., 1894 = Euglesa parvula

Pisidium (Eupisidium) korotnevi [sic] Lindh., 1909 = Euglesa korotnevi

Pisidium (Eupisidium) lilljeborgi Clessin, 1886 = Euglesa lilljeborgii

Pisidium (Eupisidium) maculatum W. Dub., 1902 = Pisidium dilatatum

Pisidium (Eupisidium) milium Held, 1836 = Euglesa milium

Pisidium (Eupisidium) nitidum Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium (Eupisidium) obtusale (Lam. ?) Jenyns, 1845 = Euglesa obtusalis

Pisidium (Eupisidium) ponderosa Stelfox, 1918 = Euglesa ponderosa

Pisidium (Eupisidium) pulchellum Jenyns, 1845 = Euglesa pulchella

Pisidium (Eupisidium) pusillum (Gmelin) Jenyns, 1845 = Euglesa personata

Pisidium (Eupisidium) shadini Johansen, 1937 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium (Eupisidium) subtilestriatum Lindh., 1909 = Pisidium dilatatum
+ Pisidium (Fossaria) dilatatum Westerlund, 1897
+ Pisidium carelicum Odhner, 1926

Pisidium (Eupisidium) subtruncatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium (Eupisidium) subtruncatum subsp. turanicum Clessin, 1874 = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium (Eupisidium) supinum A. Schmidt, 1850 = Euglesa supina

Pisidium (Eupisidium) zugmayeri Weber, 1910 = Euglesa zugmayeri

Pisidium (Neopisidium) conventus Clessin, 1877 = Conventus conventus

Pisidium (Neopisidium) moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866 = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum

Pisidium (Neopisidium) prashadi Odhner, 1937 = Odhneripisidium stewarti

Pisidium (Neopisidium) tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918 = Odhneripisidium tenuilineatum

Pisidium (Speleopisidium) caviticum n. sp. = Euglesa cavitica

Pisidium (Speleopisidium) subterraneum shadin, 1932 = Euglesa subterranea

Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) solidum (Normand, 1844) = Sphaerium solidum

Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) subsolidum Clessin, 1888 = Sphaerium solidum

Sphaerium (Musculium) compressum Mousson, 1887 = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphaerium (Musculium) lacustre (Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (L., 1758) = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum var. westerlundi Clessin, 1877 = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum Clessin, 1879 = Sphaerium nitidum

Sphaerium (s.s.) scaldianum (Normand, 1844) = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium (s.s.) scaldianum var. asiaticum Martens, 1864 = Sphaerium asiaticum

Sphaerium (s.s.) scaldianum var. galitzini Clessin, 1875 = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicola (Lamarck, 1818) = Sphaerium rivicola

Unio continentalis (Haas, 1900) [sic] = Inversidens pantoensis

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio crassus var. pseudolitoralis Clessin, 1875 = Unio crassus

Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio douglasiae var. abbreviatus Westerlund, 1897 = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio douglasiae var. mongolicus Middendorff, 1851 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Unio douglasiae var. schrencki Westerlund, 1897 = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio japonensis [sic] Lea = Pronodularia japanensis

Unio mingrelicus Drouët, 1881 = Unio gontierii
+ Unio rothi var. komarowi O. Boettger, 1880
+ Unio armeniacus Kobelt, 1912

Unio mingrelicus Drouët, 1881 = Unio mardinensis

Unio pictorum (L., 1758)
+ Unio lindholmi Zhadin, 1938

Unio pictorum var. pygmaeus Shadin, 1938 = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum var. schrenkianus Clessin, 1880 = Unio pictorum

Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881 = Unio gontierii

Unio sieversi var. araxenus Drouët, 1881 = Unio mardinensis

Unio sieversi var. colchicus Drouët, 1881 = Unio gontierii

Unio stevenianus Krynicki, 1837 = Unio gontierii
+ Unio gontierii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio stepanoffi Drouët, 1881

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus Shadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. borysthenicus Kobelt, 1880 = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. fridmani Shadin, 1938 = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 = Unio tumidus