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

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Publication Nagel & Badino (2001): summary
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Complete Citation

Nagel, K.-O. & G. Badino. 2001. Population genetics and systematics of European Unionoidea. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida, Ecological Studies 145: 51-80. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788

Unio pictorum mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio tumidus Philippson, 1788