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

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Publication Zieritz et al. (2012): summary
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Complete Citation

Zieritz, A., B. Gum, R. Kuehn & J. Geist. 2012. Identification freshwater mussels (Unionoida) and parasitic glochidia larvae from host fish gills: a molecular key to the North and Central European species. Ecology and Evolution 2(4): 740-750. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus 1758)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler 1835)

Sinanodonta woodiana elliptica = Sinanodonta elliptica

Sinanodonta woodiana pacifica = Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Unio crassus (Philipsson 1788)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus 1758)

Unio tumidus (Philipsson 1788)