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

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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2017): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Lopes-Lima, M., E. Froufe, V.T. Do, M. Ghamizi, K.E. Mock et al. 2017. Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 174-191. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) = Scriptolamprotula tortuosa

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina harlandi

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838 = Brachyanodon nuttalliana

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens semmelinki fultoni Haas, 1930 = Lens fultoni

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)
+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Ensidens ingallsianus (Lea, 1852)

Ensidens sagittarius (Lea, 1856)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854

Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856)

Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria grayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Ferussac 1827)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Nodularia nuxpersicae Dunker, 1848

Oxynaia pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

Parreysia mandelayensis (Theobald, 1873) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Physunio modelli Brandt, 1974

Pilsbryoconcha compressa (Martens, 1860) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudodon cambodjensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1865) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Pseudodon cumingii (Lea, 1850) = Sundadontina cumingii

Pseudodon mouhotii (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Solenaia carinata (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia carinata

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Solenaia triangularis (Heude, 1885) = Parvasolenaia triangularis

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Trapezidens exolescens

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris