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

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Publication Bába (2000): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bába, K. 2000. An area-analytical zoogeographical classification of Palearctic Unionaceae species. Bolletino Malacologica 36(5-8): 133-140.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linné, 1758)

Anodonta araeformis [sic] (Hende, 1877) [sic] = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta beringiana Middendorf, 1850 [sic] = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758)

Anodonta cyrea Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta enscaphys [sic] (Hende, 1879) [sic] = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Cristoria [sic] plicata (Leach, 1815) = Cristaria plicata

Lanceolaria cylindrica (Simpson, 1900)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Margaritana dahurica (Middendorf, 1850) [sic] = Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritana middendorffi Rosen, 1926 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Margaritana sacchariensis [sic] Shadin, 1938 = Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera auricularia Sprengler, 1793 [sic] = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera margaritifera Linné, 1758

Microcondylea [sic] compressa (Menke, 1836) = Microcondylaea bonellii

Potamida [sic] littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) = Potomida littoralis

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio continentalis (Haas, 1980) [sic] = Inversidens pantoensis

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio douglasiae Griffit at Pitaeon, 1833 [sic] = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio hueti (Bourguignat, 1836) [sic]

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819

Unio mingrelicus Drouët, 1881 = Unio gontierii

Unio pictorum (Linné, 1758)

Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881 = Unio gontierii

Unio stevenianius [sic] Kyrnicky, 1837 = Unio gontierii

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788