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Publication Kantor & Sysoev (2005): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Kantor, Yu.I. & A.V. Sysoev. 2005. Catalogue of Molluscs of Russia and Adjacent Countries. 627 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amuranodonta boloniensis (Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987) = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Amuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Amuranodonta lomakini (Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987) = Amuranodonta kijaensis
+ Amuranodonta inflata Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996

Amuranodonta parva (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Anemina (Buldowskia) lacustris Labay & Shulga, 1999

Amuranodonta parva (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Amuranodonta pulchra Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996 = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Amuranodonta sitaensis (Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Anemina (Buldowskia) adotymensys Labay & Shulga, 1999

Amuranodonta sitaensis (Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996) = Buldowskia shadini

Anemina buldowskii (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia shadini

Anemina fuscoviridis (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia suifunica
+ Anodonta (Haasiella) euscaphus Zhadin, 1938
+ Anemina (s.s.) shadini deflexa Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992

Anemina fuscoviridis (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia shadini

Anemina shadini (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia suifunica
+ Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis Zhadin, 1938

Anemina shadini (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia shadini

Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta stagnalis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta zellensis micheli Modell, 1945 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta zellensis zellensis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Beringiana chereshnevi Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001 = Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana compressa Sayenko & Bogatov, 1998 = Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana derzhavini Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001 = Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana kamchatica Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001 = Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana youconensis (Lea, 1867) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867

Buldowskia cylindrica Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905)

Buldowskia koreana Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996 = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia possietica Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996 = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia starobogatovi (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia sujfunensis [sic] (Shadin, 1938) = Buldowskia suifunica
+ Anemina (Buldowskia) zatrawkini Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992

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

Buldowskia suputinensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia suifunica

Colletopterum anatinum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta minima Millet, 1831
+ Anodonta seisanensis Kobelt, 1912
+ Anodonta piscinalis var. sorica Dybowski, 1913

Colletopterum apollonicum (Bourguignat, 1880-1881) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum bactrianum (Rolle, 1897) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum cyreum cyreum (Drouët, 1881) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum cyreum sogdianum (Kobelt, 1896) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta retteri Drouët, 1899
+ Anodonta samarkandensis Kobelt, 1913

Colletopterum depressum (Bourguignat, 1880-1881) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum kokandicum Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1984 = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum nilssonii (Küster, 1842) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum piscinale falcatum (Drouët, 1879) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum piscinale piscinale (Nilsson, 1822) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta piscinalis sibirica Krivosheina & Starobogatov, 1970
+ Anodonta (Colletopterum) piscinale shadini Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970

Colletopterum ponderosum ponderosum (Pfeiffer, C., 1825) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta anatina var. petshorica Zhadin, 1938
+ Anodonta anatina var. lenae Zhadin, 1938
+ Anodonta ponderosa altaica Krivosheina & Starobogatov, 1970

Colletopterum ponderosum rumanicum (Bourguignat, 1880-1881) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum ponderosum sedakovi [sic] (Siemaschko, 1848) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta cellensis var. selengensis Dybowski, 1913
+ Anodonta complanata var. sorensiana Dybowski, 1913
+ Anodonta piscinalis var. sorica Dybowski, 1913
+ Anodonta nova Dybowski, 1913

Colletopterum ponderosum volgense (Shadin, 1938) = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum subcirculare plattenicum (Servain, 1881) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta ostiaria Drouët, 1881

Colletopterum subcirculare subcirculare (Clessin, 1873) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870
+ Anodonta (Colletopterum) subcircularis astrachanica Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970

Colletopterum subcirculare subcirculare (Clessin, 1873) = Anodonta exulcerata

Crassiana crassa crassa (Philipsson in Retzius, 1788) = Unio crassus
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio pseudolitoralis Clessin, 1877

Crassiana crassa sieversi (Drouët, 1881) = Unio gontierii
+ Unio stevenianus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio araxenus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio colchicus Drouët, 1881

Crassiana crassa sieversi (Drouët, 1881) = Unio mardinensis

Crassiana cyprinorum (Bourguignat in Locard, 1882) = Unio crassus

Crassiana fuscula (Ziegler in Rossmässler, 1835) = Unio nanus

Crassiana irenjensis (Kobelt, 1912) = Unio crassus

Crassiana irgizlaica (Lindholm, 1904) = Unio crassus

Crassiana musiva gontieri (Bourguignat, 1857) = Unio gontierii

Crassiana musiva musiva (Spengler, 1793) = Unio crassus

Crassiana nana carnea (Küster, 1854) = Unio carneus

Crassiana nana nana (Lamarck, 1819) = Unio nanus

Cristaria herculea (Middendorff, 1847) = Cristaria plicata

Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria plicata

Dahurinaia dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Dahurinaia komarovi Bogatov et al., 2003 = Margaritifera dahurica

Dahurinaia prozorovae Bogatov & Starobogatov in Bogatov et al., 2003 = Margaritifera dahurica

Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Margaritifera dahurica

Dahurinaia tiunovae Bogatov & Zatrawkin, 1988 = Margaritifera dahurica

Dahurinaia ussuriensis Bogatov et al., 2003 = Margaritifera dahurica

Kunashiria compressa (Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996) = Beringiana beringiana

Kunashiria coptzevi (Zatrawkin & Bogatov, 1987) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Arsenievinaia alimovi Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988

Kunashiria haconensis (Ihering, 1893) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Amuranodonta sihotealinica Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Kunashiria japonica boreosakhalinensis Labay & Shulga, 1999

Kunashiria haconensis (Ihering, 1893) = Beringiana japonica

Kunashiria iturupica Bogatov et al., 1999 = Beringiana beringiana

Kunashiria iwakawai (Suzuki, 1939) = Buldowskia iwakawai

Kunashiria japonica (Martens in Clessin, 1874) = Beringiana japonica

Kunashiria sinanodontoides Bogatov et al., 1999 = Beringiana beringiana

Kunashiria taranetsi [sic] (Shadin, 1938) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Arsenievinaia zatravkini Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996

Kunashiria zarjaensis (Bogatov & Zatrawkin, 1988) = Beringiana beringiana

Kunashiria zimini (Zatrawkin & Bogatov, 1987) = Beringiana beringiana

Kurilinaia kamchatica Bogatov et al., 2003 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Kurilinaia kurilensis (Zatrawkin & Starobogatov, 1984) = Margaritifera laevis
+ Dahurinaia shigini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987

Kurilinaia laevis (Haas, 1910) = Margaritifera laevis
+ Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938

Kurilinaia middendorffi (Rosen, 1926) = Margaritifera middendorffi
+ Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851

Kurilinaia zatravkini Bogatov et al., 2003 = Margaritifera laevis

Lanceolaria bogatovi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria chankensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria maacki Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica
+ Unio grayanus Schrenck, 1867
+ Nodularia cylindrica Simpson, 1900

Lanceolaria ussuriensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica
+ Unio grayanus var. decurvata Schrenck, 1867

Margaritifera borealis Westerlund, 1871 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera elongata (Lamarck, 1819) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Middendorffinaia arsenievi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Nodularia douglasiae

Middendorffinaia dulkeitiana Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851)

Middendorffinaia ochotica Bogatov, 2000 = Nodularia douglasiae

Middendorffinaia shadini Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica
+ Unio (Nodularia) continentalis Zhadin, 1938
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973

Middendorffinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia ussuriensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia weliczkowskii Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) hassanica Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia maihensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Nodularia abbreviata (Westerlund, 1897) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia amurensis (Mousson, 1887) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia extremalis Martynov & Tshernyshev, 1992 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia flavoviridis Haas, 1911 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia lebedevi Zatrawkin & Starobogatov, 1984 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia middendorffi (Westerlund, 1890) = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio pictorum var. longirostris Middendorff, 1851

Nodularia moskvichevae Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1992 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia sakhalinensis Bogatov, 2001 = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia schrencki (Westerlund, 1897) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia vladivostokensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Nodularia sujfunica Moskvicheva, 1973

Pseudanodonta complanata (Ziegler in Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudanodonta elongata (Holandre, 1836) = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Pseudanodonta elongata milachevitchi Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970

Pseudanodonta klettii (Rossmässler, 1835) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta nordenskioldi Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta complanata Nordenskiold & Nylander, 1856

Sinanodonta amurensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta crassitesta Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta lauta
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) renzini Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Sinanodonta (Ellipsanodon) ovata Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996

Sinanodonta crassitesta Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta fukudai Modell, 1945 = Sinanodonta lauta
+ Anodonta woodiana var. elliptica Zhadin, 1938

Sinanodonta fukudai Modell, 1945 = Buldowskia suifunica

Sinanodonta gibba (Benson, 1855) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta likharevi Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta manchurica Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996 = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta orbicularis (Heude, 1880) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta primorjensis Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988 = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta puerorum (Heude, 1880) = Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta schrencki Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii
+ Anodonta magnifica Schrenck, 1867

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Tumidiana conus borysthenensis (Kobelt, 1880) = Unio tumidus

Tumidiana conus conus (Spengler, 1793) = Unio tumidus
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803

Tumidiana muelleri (Rossmässler, 1838) = Unio tumidus

Tumidiana tumida falcatulus (Drouët, 1881) = Unio tumidus

Tumidiana tumida tumida (Philipsson in Retzius, 1788) = Unio tumidus
+ Unio gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880
+ Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus Zhadin, 1938
+ Unio tumidus var. kobeltianus Zhadin, 1938
+ Unio tumidus ilekensis Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio tumidus var. fridmani Zhadin, 1938

Unio limosus graniger Ziegler in Schmidt, 1840 = Unio pictorum

Unio limosus limosus Nilsson, 1822 = Unio pictorum
+ Unio limosus behningi Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970

Unio mingrelicus Drouët, 1881 = Unio gontierii

Unio pictorum pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum
+ Unio pictorum var. okensis Zhadin, 1938
+ Unio pictorum var. pygmaeus Zhadin, 1938

Unio pictorum ponderosus Spitzi in Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio pictorum

Unio protractus Lindholm, 1922 = Unio pictorum

Unio rostratus gentilis Haas in Hesse, 1911 = Unio pictorum

Unio rostratus rostratus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio pictorum
+ Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio schrenkianus Clessin, 1880