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

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Publication Graf (2013): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Graf, D.L. 2013. Patterns of freshwater bivalve global diversity and the state of phylogenetic studies on the Unionoida, Sphaeriidae, and Cyrenidae. American Malacological Bulletin 31(1): 135-153. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

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

Adacna laeviuscula (Eichwald, 1829)

Adacna vitrea (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Adacna glabra Ostroumoff, 1905
+ Adacna vitrea var. minima Ostroumoff, 1907
+ Hypanis minima sidorovi Starobogatov, 1974

Adacna vitrea (Eichwald, 1829) = Adacna minima

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

Brachidontes arcuatulus (Hanley, 1844) = Arcuatula arcuatula

Byssanodonta paranensis d’Orbigny, 1846

Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)

Dreissena caputlacus Schütt, 1993

Dreissena carinata (Dunker, 1853)

Dreissena polymorphus (Pallas, 1771) = Dreissena polymorpha

Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1802

Hypanis plicata (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Adacna relicta Milachewitch, 1916
+ Hypanis regularis Starobogatov et al., 2004

Iphigenia centralis (Germain, 1904) = Profischeria centralis

Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)

Lignopholas fluminalis (Blanford, 1867)

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
+ Dreissena siamensis Morelet, 1866
+ Limnoperna supoti Brandt, 1974
+ Limnoperna coreana Park & Choi, 2008

Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829)

Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny, 1842)

Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Mytilopsis lopesi (Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989) = Rheodreissena lopesi

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)

Nausitora dunlopei (Wright, 1864)

Neosolen aquaedulcioris Ghosh, 1920
+ Solen delesserti Sowerby, 1874

Novaculina andamanensis Preston, 1918

Novaculina chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830

Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889

Pharella waltoni Brandt, 1974

Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)

Psiloteredo healdi (Bartsch, 1931)

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)

Sinomytilus morrisoni Brandt, 1974

Sinomytilus swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870)

Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858