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

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Publication WoRMS (2011): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

WoRMS. 2011. World Register of Marine Species. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
+ Erycina ovata Philippi, 1893

Adacna laeviuscula (Eichwald, 1829) = Adacna fragilis
+ Adacna fragilis Milachewitch, 1908

Adacna laeviuscula (Eichwald, 1829)

Adacna vitrea bergi Starobogatov, 1967 = Adacna vitrea

Adacna vitrea vitrea (Eichwald, 1829) = Adacna vitrea

Anticorbula fluviatilis (H. Adams, 1860)
+ Guianadesma sinuosum Morrison, 1943

Batissa inflata Prime, 1860

Batissa similis Prime, 1862

Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818)

Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962

Congeria subglobosa Partsch, 1835

Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Cyanocyclas rotunda (Prime, 1860)

Cyrenoida americana (Morelet, 1851)

Cyrenoida dupontia de Joannis, 1835
+ Cyrenella senegalensis Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrenoidea rhodopyga Martens, 1891

Cyrenoida dupontia de Joannis, 1835 = Cyrenoida rhodopyga

Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896
+ Cyrenoida guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1919

Cyrenoida insula Morrison, 1946

Cyrenoida panamensis Pilsbry & Zetek, 1931

Cyrenoida rosea (A. d’Ailly, 1896) = Cyrenoida rhodopyga
+ Cyrenoidea rosea brevidentata Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Didacna baeri (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna barbotdemarnii (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna crassa (Eichwald, 1829) = Didacna eichwaldi

Didacna parallella Bogachev, 1932 = Didacna parallela

Didacna praetrigonoides Nalivkin & Anissimoff, 1915

Didacna trigonoides (Pallas, 1771)
+ Cardium trilaterum Gmelin, 1791

Dreissena anatolica Locard, 1893

Dreissena blanci = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena bourguignati

Dreissena bugensis Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena caputlacus Schütt, 1993

Dreissena carinata (Dunker, 1853)
+ Dreissena blanci var. presbensis Kobelt, 1915
+ Dreissena chemnitzi of Authors, unknown year
+ Dreissensia hellenica Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena stankovici Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982
+ Dreissensia thiesae Locard, 1893

Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855
+ Dreissena eichwaldi Issel, 1866
+ Dreissensia caspia pallasi Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena elata Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena gallandi Locard, 1893 = Dreissena polymorpha
+ Dreissensia hermosa Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia lacunosa Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia letourneuxi Locard, 1893

Dreissena gallandi Locard, 1893

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
+ Dreissensia polymorpha andrusovi Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia polymorpha aralensis Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia arnouldi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia bedoti Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia belgrandi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena complanata Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia curta Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia eximia Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena kuesteri Dunker, 1855
+ Dreissensia locardi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia lutetiana Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia magnifica Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia polymorpha obtusecarinata Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia occidentalis Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia paradoxa Locard, 1893
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Dreissena rostriformis (DeShayes, 1838)
+ Dreissena brardi Eichwald, 1885
+ Dreissensia rostriformis var. distincta Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia grimmi Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissena rostriformis compressa Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966
+ Dreissensia tschaudae var. pontocaspica Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena rostriformis (DeShayes, 1838) = Dreissena grimmi

Dreissena siouffi Locard, 1893

Dreissena tschaudae

Erodona mactroides Daudin in Bosc, 1801
+ Azara undata Conrad, 1866
+ Corbula donacina Deshayes, 1830
+ Corbula porcina Lamarck, 1818
+ Mya erodona Lamarck, 1818
+ Corbula prisca Martens, 1880
+ Mya labiata Maton, 1811
+ Potamomya nimbosa Hinds, 1843
+ Potamomya ochreata Hinds, 1843

Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849

Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857

Galatea biangulata G.B. Sowerby II, 1868 = Galatea paradoxa

Galatea cailliaudii Bernardi, 1860 = Galatea cailliaudi

Galatea congica Boettger, 1885

Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849 = Galatea bengoensis

Galatea nux (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)
+ Venus fluminea Röding, 1798
+ Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791

Galatea quanzae (de Brito Capello, 1878) = Galatea bernardii

Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1849 = Galatea bengoensis

Galatea tenuicula Philippi, 1849

Glauconome angulata Reeve, 1844
+ Glauconome primeana Crosse & Debeaux, 1863

Glauconome cerea Reeve, 1844
+ Tapes oncodes Melvill, 1897

Glauconome chinensis Gray, 1828
+ Glauconome sculpta Sowerby, 1894

Glauconome cumingi Prime, 1862
+ Glauconome sumatrensis Prime, 1862

Glauconome curta Reeve, 1844

Glauconome jayana Prime, 1861

Glauconome psammotella Deshayes, 1853

Glauconome radiata Reeve, 1844

Glauconome rugosa Hanley, 1843
+ Glauconome rugosa var. subangustior Reeve, 1844
+ Glauconome oblonga Prime, 1865

Glauconome straminea Reeve, 1844

Glauconome virens (Linnaeus, 1767)

Hemidonax arafurensis Ponder et al., 1981
+ Hemidonax donaciforme Hedley, 1918

Hemidonax australiensis (Reeve, 1844)

Hemidonax chapmani Gatliff & Gabriel, 1923

Hemidonax dactylus Hedley, 1923

Hemidonax donaciformis (Bruguière, 1789)

Hemidonax pictus (Tryon, 1870)

Hypanis plicatum (Eichwald, 1829) = Hypanis plicata
+ Adacna relicta Milachewitch, 1916

Iphigenia altior (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Iphigenia brasiliensis (Lamarck, 1818)

Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869

Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791)

Lentidium mediterraneum (O.G. Costa, 1829)
+ Corbulomya maeoticum Milachewitch, 1916

Limnoperna atrata (Lischke, 1871)
+ Modiola aterrima Dall, 1871

Limnoperna balani (Ockelmann, 1983)

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
+ Dreissena siamensis Morelet, 1866
+ Limnoperna depressa Brandt & Temcharoen, 1971
+ Limnoperna lemeslei Rochebrune, 1881
+ Limnoperna supoti Brandt, 1974
+ Modiola cambodiensis Clessin, 1888
+ Modiola lacustris Martens, 1875
+ Mytilus martensi Neumayr, 1899

Limnoperna hepatica (Gould, 1850)

Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
+ Modiola angasi Clessin, 1889
+ Modiola nebulosa Tenison-Woods, 1876
+ Modiola semivestita Dunker, 1871

Limnoperna mangle (Ockelmann, 1983)

Limnoperna pulex (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915
+ Mytilus ater Dunker & Zelebor, 1866
+ Mytilus crassus Tenison-Woods, 1878
+ Mytilus nitens Menke, 1848

Limnoperna sambasensis (Dautzenberg, 1903)

Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981
+ Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
+ Modiola nitens Gould & Carpenter, 1857
+ Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
+ Perna confusa Angas, 1871

Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Corbicula satparaensis Preston, 1914

Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monodacna albida (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967)

Monodacna caspia (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829)

Monodacna filatovae (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967) = Monodacna caspia

Monodacna knipowitschi (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967) = Monodacna caspia

Musculium lacustre (Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792) = Mytella guyanensis
+ Modiola subfuscata Clessin, 1887
+ Modiola semifusca Sowerby, 1825
+ Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857

Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825) = Mytella guyanensis
+ Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832
+ Mytilus umbonata Anton, 1838

Mytella charruana d’Orbigny, 1842
+ Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843
+ Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909
+ Mytilus falcatus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mytilus mundahuensis Duarte, 1926
+ Mytilus sinuatus Reeve, 1857
+ Volsella reevei Angas, 1867

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)

Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)
+ Modiolus planata Tomlin, 1928

Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Mytilus baldi Brusina, 1865
+ Mytilus confusus Dillwyn, 1817
+ Mytilus crispus Cantraine, 1835
+ Mytilus lamarckii Bucquoy et al., 1890
+ Mytilus scaber Krynicki, 1837
+ Mytilus lineatus var. minorsolida Monterosato, 1875
+ Mytilus minimus var. squalidermis Danilo & Sandri, 1856

Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889)
+ Mytilus cylindraceus Marion, 1887

Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
+ Mytilus cylindraceus Réquien, 1848
+ Mytilus blondeli Monterosato, 1872
+ Mytilus lacustris O.G. Costa, 1839
+ Mytilus liburnicus Brusin, 1870
+ Mytilus minutus Locard, 1889

Mytilaster solidus Martin Monterosato, 1883

Mytilaster solisianus (d’Orbigny, 1842)
+ Mytilus exiguus Dunker, 1875
+ Mytilus janeirensis Dunker & Zelebor, 1866

Mytilopsis adamsi Morrison, 1946
+ Mytilopsis allyneana Hertlein & Hanna, 1949
+ Mytilopsis zeteki Hertlein & Hanna, 1949
+ Mytilus perviridis Holten, 1802

Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835)
+ Dreissena cyanea Van Beneden, 1838
+ Dreissensia gibberosa Preston, 1909

Mytilopsis lacustris (Morelet, 1860) = Mytilopsis africana

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
+ Mytilus cochleatus Nyst, 1835
+ Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858

Mytilopsis lopesi Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989 = Rheodreissena lopesi

Mytilopsis ornata (Morelet, 1885) = Mytilopsis africana
+ Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909
+ Dreissensia holmi d’Ailly, 1896

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
+ Tichogonia rossmaessleri Dunker, 1853
+ Tichogonia riisei Dunker, 1853
+ Tichogonia pfeifferi Dunker, 1853
+ Dreissena moerchiana Dunker, 1855
+ Dreissena gundlachi Dunker, 1855
+ Dreissena domingensis Récluz, 1852
+ Congeria hoeblichi Schütt, 1991

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849) = Rheodreissena hoeblichi

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)
+ Praxis milleri Miller, 1879

Nausitora dryas (Dall, 1909)
+ Bankia (Nausitora) jamesi Bartsch, 1941
+ Nausitora saulii Wright, 1866

Nausitora dunlopei Wright, 1864
+ Bankia globosa Sivickis, 1928
+ Bankia quadrangularis Sivickis, 1928
+ Bankia triangularis Sivickis, 1928
+ Bankia (Nausitora) madrasensis Nair, 1956
+ Bankia pennaanseris Roch, 1935
+ Nausitora madagassica Roch, 1935
+ Bankia (Nausitora) smithi Bartsch, 1927
+ Calobates fluviatilis Hedley, 1898
+ Nausitora messeli Iredale, 1932
+ Nausitora queenslandica Iredale, 1936
+ Nausitora schneideri Moll, 1935

Nausitora excolpa (Bartsch, 1922)

Nausitora fusticula (Jeffreys, 1860)
+ Bankia braziliensis Bartsch, 1922

Nausitora hedleyi Schepman, 1919

Nausitora oahuensis (Edmondson, 1942)

Novaculina chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830
+ Solecurtus novaculina Sowerby, 1874

Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889

Pharella acuminatua [sic] (Hanley, 1842) = Pharella acuminata

Pharella acutidens (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
+ Solecurtus strigosus Gould, 1861

Pharella adamsii Clessin, 1888

Pharella javanica (Lamarck, 1818)
+ Solen michaudi Cailliaud, 1839

Pharella olivacea (Metcalfe, 1852)

Pharella waltoni Brandt, 1974

Pharella wardi Iredale, 1929

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium fultoni Kuiper, 1983 = Euglesa fultoni

Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1825) = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium moitessierianum = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum

Pisidium nitidum = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium supinum Schmidt, 1850 = Euglesa supina

Potamocorbula abbreviata (Preston, 1907)
+ Corbula alcocki Preston, 1907
+ Corbula calcaria Preston, 1907
+ Corbula gracilis Preston, 1907
+ Corbula pfeifferi Preston, 1907

Potamocorbula adamsi (Tryon, 1869)
+ Corbula rostrata H. Adams, 1868

Potamocorbula adusta (Reeve, 1844)
+ Azara afra Boettger, 1885
+ Corbula assiniensis Chaper, 1885
+ Corbula procera Reeve, 1844
+ Corbula trigona Hinds, 1843

Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)
+ Potamocorbula amurensis takatuayamaensis Ando, 1965
+ Corbula amplexa Adams, 1862
+ Corbula frequens Yokoyama, 1922
+ Corbula pustulosa Yokoyama, 1922
+ Corbula sematensis Yokoyama, 1922
+ Corbula vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929

Potamocorbula chilkaensis (Preston, 1911)

Potamocorbula fasciata (Reeve, 1843)
+ Corbula faba Hinds, 1843

Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843)

Potamocorbula nimbosa (Hanley, 1843)
+ Corbula labiata Reeve, 1844
+ Corbula ustulata Reeve, 1844

Potamocorbula rubromuscula Zhuang & Cai, 1983

Profischeria centralis (Germain, 1904)

Profischeria congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Profischeria curta (Dunker, 1867)

Profischeria delessertii (Bernardi, 1860)

Profischeria truncata (Martens, 1877)

Psiloteredo healdi (Bartsch, 1931)
+ Teredo (Neoteredo) miraflora Bartsch, 1922

Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
+ Teredo denticulata Fischer, 1856
+ Teredo dilatata Stimpson, 1851
+ Teredo megotara var. excisa Jeffreys, 1865
+ Teredo megotara var. mionota Jeffreys, 1865
+ Teredo megotara var. striatior Jeffreys, 1865
+ Teredo subericola Jeffreys, 1860
+ Teredo subericola var. minor Jeffreys, 1860

Psiloteredo senegalensis (Blainville, 1824)
+ Teredo adami Moll, 1941
+ Teredo petitii Récluz, 1849

Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
+ Gnathodon cuneata nasutus Dall, 1884
+ Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832

Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1839)
+ Gnathodon flexuosa petitianus Dall, 1894
+ Gnathodon rostratum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853

Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851)
+ Gnathodon trigonum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
+ Gnathodon truncatum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853

Scaphula celox Benson, 1836

Scaphula deltae Blanford, 1867

Scaphula minuta Ghosh, 1922

Scaphula nagarjunai Janaki Ram & Radhakrishna, 1984

Scaphula pinna Benson, 1856

Sinomytilus harmandi (Rochebrune, 1881)
+ Dreissensia crosseana Morlet, 1884
+ Dreissensia massiei Morlet, 1892

Sinomytilus morrisoni Brandt, 1974

Sinomytilus swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870)

Solen delesserti Sowerby, 1874 = Neosolen aquaedulcioris
+ Neosolen aquaedulcioris Ghosh, 1920

Solen fonesii Dunker, 1862

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858
+ Anatina induta Preston, 1915

 
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