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

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species Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851): specimens
     10 available nominal species synonyms (12 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio crassus mongolicus — Graf (2007)
Inversidens pantoensis — Graf (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolica — Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Klishko et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020), ... Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025)
Middendorffinaia shadini — Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Middendorffinaia dulkeitiana — Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia weliczkowskii — Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia ussuriensis — Kantor et al. (2010), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia sujfunensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolica — Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensis — Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) alimovi — Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Unio crassus — IUCN (2014), Araujo et al. (2018)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskii — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitiana — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) sujfunensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) maihensis — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Nodularia douglasiae — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia mongolica mongolica — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] dulkeitiana — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] shadini — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] weliczkowskii — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica ussuriensis — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis suifunensis [sic] — Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica alimovi — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Amur Basin and Primorye, eastern Russia.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

China

SXNU_23031702 (HL02). (COI) Yijimi River, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province, China

SXNU_23031703 (HL03). (COI) Yijimi River, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province, China

SXNU_23031705 (HL05). (COI) Yijimi River, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province, China

SXNU_23031706 (HL06). (COI) Yijimi River, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province, China

SXNU_23031712 (HL12). (COI) Yijimi River, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province, China

Russia

RMBH_biv_229_2. (16S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Gladkaya River (42.7065°N, 130.9084°E), Japan Sea drainage

RMBH_biv_229_5. (16S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Gladkaya River (42.7065°N, 130.9084°E), Japan Sea drainage

RMBH_biv_229_7. (16S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Gladkaya River (42.7065°N, 130.9084°E), Japan Sea drainage

RMBH_biv_99_11. (16S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Komarovka River (43.6392°N, 132.1614°E), Razdolnaya Basin, Japan Sea drainage

RMBH_biv_99_8. (COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Komarovka River (43.6392°N, 132.1614°E), Razdolnaya Basin, Japan Sea drainage

RMBH_IEPN_99_3. (16S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Komarovka River (43.6392°N, 132.1614°E), Razdolnaya Basin, Japan Sea drainage

RMBH_IEPN_99_7. (16S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Komarovka River (43.6392°N, 132.1614°E), Razdolnaya Basin, Japan Sea drainage

Mp_4189_428 (H2). (COI) Russian Far East, Primorye Territory, Arsenievka River (Amur River basin),

Mp_4189_430 (H1). (COI) Russian Far East, Primorye Territory, Arsenievka River (Amur River basin),

Mp_4189_431 (H3). (COI) Russian Far East, Primorye Territory, Gladkaya River

CIIMAR_BIV1870. (COI) Shilka river, Transbaikalya, Russia (53.1048, 119.2202)