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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Middendorffinaia

species Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851): synonymy
     0 specimens + 16 Genbank vouchers

Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851. Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 277, pl. 27, figs. 7-8.

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio mongolicusPreston (1912)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) mongolicusPreston (1915)
Margaritana mongolicaZhadin (1938)
Unio crassus mongolicusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Graf (2007)
Unio douglasiae var. mongolicusZhadin (1965)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolicaMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolicusKorniushin (1998)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Klishko et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ... Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025)
Unio crassusIUCN (2014), Araujo et al. (2018)
Middendorffinaia mongolica mongolicaBogatov (2022)

Middendorffinaia maihensis Moskvicheva, 1973
Moskvicheva, 1973. Zool. Zhur. 52(10): 1466, figs. 3 а-б.

Middendorffinaia maihensisMoskvicheva (1973)
Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio) maihensisZatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskiiStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Middendorffinaia weliczkowskiiKantor & Sysoev (2005)
Inversidens pantoensisHe & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) maihensisBogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitiana Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 33, figs. 5г-д.

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitianaMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia shadiniMartynov & Chernyshev (1992)
Middendorffinaia dulkeitianaKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Inversidens pantoensisHe & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020), Sayenko et al. (2021)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] dulkeitianaBogatov (2022)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) hassanica Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 34, figs. 5з-и.

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) hassanicaMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskiiStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia weliczkowskiiKantor & Sysoev (2005)
Inversidens pantoensisHe & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 34, figs. 5к-н.

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensiMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Margaritifera margaritiferaZiuganov et al. (1994)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadiniStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia shadiniKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Inversidens pantoensisHe & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadini Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 100, fig. 31 [as ‘Unio continentalis’].
‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1952. Moll. SSSR (46): 299, fig. 263 [as ‘Unio continentalis’].
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 31, figs. 5а-в.

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadiniMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia shadiniMartynov & Chernyshev (1992), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Inversidens pantoensisGraf (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] shadiniBogatov (2022)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskii Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 33, figs. 5е-ж.

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskiiMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia weliczkowskiiKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Inversidens pantoensisGraf (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] weliczkowskiiBogatov (2022)

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 28, figs. 3и-л.

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensisMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia ussuriensisKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), He & Zhuang (2013)
Unio crassus mongolicusGraf (2007)
Nodularia douglasiaeLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaSayenko et al. (2021), Liu et al. (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica ussuriensisBogatov (2022)

Middendorffinaia (Suifununio) sujfunensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 78(2): 30, fig. 4.

Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio) sujfunensisMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) sujfunensisStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia sujfunensisKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Inversidens pantoensisGraf (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020), Sayenko et al. (2021)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis suifunensis [sic]Bogatov (2022)

Middendorffinaia suifunensis Graf, 2007
‘Moskvicheva & Starobogatov’ of Authors.
Graf, 2007. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 156: 85.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Appendix 1.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: S32.
Bogatov, 2022. Lg. Bivalve Moll. Russia’s Fresh Waters: 59, 61.
(error for Middendorffinaia (Suifununio) sujfunensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973)

Inversidens pantoensisHe & Zhuang (2013)

Middendorffinaia alimovi Bogatov, 2012
Bogatov, 2012. Zool. Zhur. 91(4): 400, figs. 4; 5, 1, 7г.

Middendorffinaia (s.s.) alimoviBogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaKlishko et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia mongolica alimoviBogatov (2022)

Unio (Nodularia) continentalis Zhadin, 1938
‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 100, fig. 31.
‘Haas’ Zhadin, 1952. Moll. SSSR (46): 299, fig. 263.
(misidentified reference to Nodularia continentalis Haas, 1910)

Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadiniMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia shadiniKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio mongolicusPreston (1912)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) mongolicusPreston (1915)
Margaritana mongolicaZhadin (1938)
Unio crassus mongolicusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Graf (2007)
Unio douglasiae var. mongolicusZhadin (1965)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolicaMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadiniMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia maihensisMoskvicheva (1973)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitianaMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) hassanicaMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensiMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskiiMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensisMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio) sujfunensisMoskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia (Sujfununio) maihensisZatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)
Middendorffinaia shadiniMartynov & Chernyshev (1992), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Margaritifera margaritiferaZiuganov et al. (1994)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) mongolicusKorniushin (1998)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) sujfunensisStarobogatov et al. (2004), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Middendorffinaia mongolicaKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Klishko et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ... Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025)
Middendorffinaia weliczkowskiiKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia dulkeitianaKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Middendorffinaia ussuriensisKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia sujfunensisKantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Inversidens pantoensisGraf (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorffinaia (s.s.) alimoviBogatov (2012), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Unio crassusIUCN (2014), Araujo et al. (2018)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) maihensisBogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Nodularia douglasiaeLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Middendorffinaia mongolica mongolicaBogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] dulkeitianaBogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] shadiniBogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] weliczkowskiiBogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica ussuriensisBogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia suifunensis suifunensis [sic]Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia mongolica alimoviBogatov (2022)

 
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