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

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Publication Falkner (1994): summary
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Complete Citation

Falkner, G. 1994. Systematik vorderorientalischer Najaden als Vorstudie zur Bearbeitung archäologischer Funde. [in] M. Kokabi & J. Wahl, eds. Beiträge zur Archäozoologie und Prähistorischen Anthropologie 53: 135-162.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (Euphrata) cyrea Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Euphrata) vescoiana Bourguignat, 1857 = Anodonta vescoiana

Anodonta (Gabillotia) pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 = Anodonta anatina

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

Anodonta (s.s.) anatina cilicica Rolle & Kobelt, 1895 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) anatina ssp. palustris Auctt. non Férussac, part = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea gravida Drouët, 1879 = Anodonta cygnea

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Potomida littoralis delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) = Potomida semirugata

Potomida littoralis komarowi (Boettger, O., 1880) = Unio mardinensis

Potomida littoralis semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potomida semirugata

Potomida littoralis tracheae (Kobelt, 1895) = Potomida semirugata

Pseudodontopsis euphraticus (Bourguignat, 1852) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudunio auricularius

Pseudunio homsensis (Lea, 1865)

Unio (Crassunio) crassus Philippson, 1788 = Unio crassus

Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio bruguierianus

Unio (Crassunio) crassus damascensis Lea, 1863 = Unio damascensis

Unio (Crassunio) crassus gontierii Bourguignat, 1857 = Unio gontierii

Unio (s.s.) abyssinicus E. von Martens, 1866 = Unio abyssinicus

Unio (s.s.) mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus

Unio (s.s.) mancus dembeae G.B. Sowerby, 1865 = Unio dembeae

Unio (s.s.) mancus eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857 = Unio eucirrus

Unio (s.s.) mancus kruperi Drouët, 1879 = Unio elongatulus

Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio (s.s.) pictorum gaudioni Drouët, 1881 = Unio pictorum

Unio (s.s.) terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio terminalis

Unio (s.s.) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio tigridis
+ Unio dignatus Lea, 1863