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

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Publication IUCN (2010): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta lucasi Deshayes, 1847 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta embia Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870
+ Anodonta numidica Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta tunizana Morelet, 1864

Anodonta lucasi Deshayes, 1847 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta pallaryi Bédé, 1932 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) gruveli Perès, 1938
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) theryi Bédé, 1932

Anodonta pallaryi Bédé, 1932 = Anodonta anatina

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962
+ Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia droueti (Chapter, 1885)

Aspatharia marnoi (Jickeli, 1874)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis
+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Spatha corneola Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutela sarae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia subreniformis

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858)
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
+ Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888
+ Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858) = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Aspatharia semicorrugata (Preston, 1909) = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Brazzaea bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea elongata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea ventrosa Bourguignat, 1886

Chambardia dautzenbergi (Haas, 1936) = Chambardia flava
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia bourguignati Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia locardiana Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia pharaonum Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia rhynchoidea Servain, 1890

Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

Chambardia petersii (Martens, 1860) = Chambardia petersi
+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864

Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839

Chambardia trapezia (Martens, 1897)

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898
+ Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897

Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini (Recluz, 1850) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni (Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Aspatharia hassei Darteville, 1941

Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881)
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1909)
+ Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936

Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) = Coelatura mesafricana
+ Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912
+ Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891
+ Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
+ Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mesafra mesafricana stappersi Haas, 1936
+ Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) = Coelatura stanleyvillensis

Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862)

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)
+ Unio randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897
+ Unio gereti Preston, 1910
+ Unio charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio boehmi Martens, 1897

Coelatura hypsiprymna (Haas, 1936)

Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
+ Parreysia nyangensis Frierson, 1913

Coelatura luapulaensis Preston, 1913

Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)
+ Unio liederi Martens, 1897
+ Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)

Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura disciformis

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890) = Coelatura disciformis

Corbicula fluminalis cunningtoni = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fluminalis fluminalis = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fluminalis natalensis = Corbicula africana

Corbicula fluminalis tanganyicensis = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrenoida dupontia

Cyrenoida rhodopyga

Egeria bernardii (Dunker, 1857) = Galatea bernardii

Egeria cailliaudi (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea cailliaudi

Egeria concamerata (Duval, 1840) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria congica (Boettger, 1885) = Galatea congica

Egeria heukelomii (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria kockii [sic] = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria nux Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Galatea nux

Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria radiata (Lamarck, 1804) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria schwabi Clench, 1929 = Galatea schwabi

Egeria tenuicula (Philippi, 1849) = Galatea tenuicula

Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera ferruginea

Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)
+ Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913
+ Unio rostralis Martens, 1897
+ Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rhynchonella Bourguignat, 1888
+ Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria insignis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria incarnata lutea Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948
+ Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
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Iphigenia curta (Dunker, 1867) = Profischeria curta

Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860) = Profischeria delessertii

Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)

Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909) = Profischeria delessertii

Lamellidens consobrinus (Lea, 1860) = Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862)

Lamellidens lamellatus (Lea, 1838)

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamellidens narainpirensis [sic] Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Lamellidens phenchooganjensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi

Lamellidens unioides Nesemann & Sharma, 2007

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
+ Unio margaritanopsis Locard, 1889
+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Lea, 1836

Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus
+ Margaritana redomica Pallary, 1923
+ Margaritana dernaica var. ponderosa Pallary, 1928
+ Margaritana dernaica Pallary, 1928

Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Moncetia moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904

Mutela dubia emini = Mutela dubia

Mutela dubia garambae = Mutela dubia

Mutela dubia nilotica = Mutela dubia

Mutela franci Daget, 1964

Mutela hargeri Smith, 1908
+ Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936

Mutela joubini (Germain, 1904)
+ Mutelina mabillei var. gaillardi Germain, 1909

Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907
+ Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908
+ Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898

Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909
+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823) = Pleiodon ovatus

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela mabilli

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885

Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988

Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis
+ Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968
+ Caelatura (Kistinaia) schoutedeni Haas, 1936

Mytilopsis africana

Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881)

Oxynaia pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

Parreysia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877) = Indonaia andersoniana

Parreysia annandalei Preston, 1912 = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia bhamoensis Theobald, 1874 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia bonneaudi (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii

Parreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869) = Leoparreysia burmana
+ Parreysia (s.s.) pernodulosa Preston, 1912

Parreysia caerulea (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia caerulea

Parreysia chaudhurii (Preston, 1912) = Radiatula chaudhurii

Parreysia choprae Prashad, 1930 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia corbis (Hanley, 1856) = Indonaia corbis

Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774)

Parreysia crispisulcata (Benson, 1862) = Radiatula crispisulcata

Parreysia favidens (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia feae (Tapparone Canefri, 1889) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia feddeni (Theobald, 1873) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia gowhattensis (Theobald, 1874) = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia involuta (Hanley, 1856) = Assamnaia involuta

Parreysia lima (Simpson, 1900) = Pseudoscabies scobina

Parreysia mandelayensis (Theobald, 1874) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia nuttallianus (Lea, 1856) = Indonaia caerulea

Parreysia occata (Lea, 1860) = Indonaia gratiosa

Parreysia olivacea Prashad, 1930 = Leoparreysia olivacea

Parreysia olivaria (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia olivaria

Parreysia pachysoma (Benson, 1862) = Indonaia corbis

Parreysia perconvexa Preston, 1912 = Leoparreysia perconvexa

Parreysia rajahensis (Lea, 1841)

Parreysia shurtleffiana (Lea, 1856) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Parreysia sikkimensis (Lea, 1859) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia smaragdites (Benson, 1862)

Parreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia theobaldi (Preston, 1912) = Indonaia theobaldi

Parreysia triembolus (Benson, 1855) = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Physunio micropteroides Annandale, 1918 = Lamellidens ferrugineus

Physunio velaris (Sowerby, 1868) = Lamellidens friersoni

Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium armillatum Kuiper, 1966

Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911
+ Pisidium rotundatum Pallary, 1921
+ Pisidium maroccanum Pallary, 1936
+ Pisidium lumstenianum Forbes, 1838

Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931 = Euglesa costulosa

Pisidium ethiopicum Korniushin, 1995 = Euglesa ethiopica

Pisidium fistulosum (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Pisidium giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Euglesa giraudi

Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964

Pisidium invenustum (Kuiper, 1996)

Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911 = Euglesa keniana

Pisidium langleyanum Melville & Ponsonby, 1891 = Euglesa langleyana

Pisidium milium = Euglesa milium

Pisidium montigenum (Kuiper, 1966)

Pisidium nitidum = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium ovampicum = Euglesa ovampica

Pisidium personatum = Euglesa personata

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881 = Euglesa pirothi
+ Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
+ Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957

Pisidium reticulatum

Pisidium subtruncatum = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium tenuilineatum = Odhneripisidium tenuilineatum

Pisidium viridarium = Euglesa viridaria

Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Cameronia vynckei Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia mabilliana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia landeaui Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Cameronia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis Woodward, 1991
+ Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893

Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon crebristriata (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Pseudodon peguensis (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus
+ Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. curvata Preston, 1912

Pseudodon peguensis (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880)
+ Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883
+ Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901
+ Burtonia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886

Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843) = Scabies scobinatus
+ Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856

Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843)

Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836) = Balwantia soleniformis

Sphaerium bequaerti Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914

Sphaerium capense

Sphaerium maroccanum Pallary, 1898 = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Sphaerium ddingoii Prime, 1862

Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi = Sphaerium nyanzae

Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae (Smith, 1892) = Sphaerium nyanzae

Sphaerium regularis (Mandahl-Barth, 1954) = Sphaerium regulare

Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897

Sphaerium victoriae victoriae = Sphaerium victoriae

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Indonaia corbis
+ Unio foliaceus Gould, 1843
+ Trapezoideus dhanushori Annandale & Prashad, 1921

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Trapezoideus foliaceus

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Trapezidens exolescens

Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848

Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847 = Unio gibbus
+ Unio tetuanensis Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio tafnanus Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio (Limnium) subpictorum Pallary, 1936
+ Unio sitifensis Morelet, 1851
+ Unio (Limnium) seurati Pallary, 1936
+ Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio micelii Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1864
+ Unio delevieleusae Bourguignat, 1887

Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847 = Unio ravoisieri

Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847

Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936

 
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