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

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Publication Nagel et al. (1998): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Nagel, K.-O., G. Badino & G. Celebrano. 1998. Systematics of European naiades (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae): a review and some new aspects. Malacological Review - Bivalvia I (7) (Supplement): 83-104.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

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

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii A. Férussac, 1827
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio elongatulus

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philippson, 1788