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

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Publication Araujo et al. (2018): summary
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Complete Citation

Araujo, R., D. Buckley, K.-O. Nagel, R. García-Jiménez & A. Machordom. 2018. Species boundaries, geographic distribution and evolutionary history of the Western Palearctic freshwater mussels Unio (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 182(2): 275-299. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio bruguierianus Araujo et al., 2018
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplemental file.
(misidentified reference to Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853)

Unio crassus Soroka, 2005
‘Philippson’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2005. Zool. Sci. 22: 1138, Table 1.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): Table 2. [in part]
Reis et al., 2013. Graellsia 69(1): 22, Table 2.
Prié & Puillandre, 2014. Hydrobiologia 735(1): online resource 1 [as ‘Unio crassus crassus’].
Douda et al., 2014. J. Appl. Ecol. 51: 1087. [in part]
Froufe et al., 2016. Org Divers Evol 16(3): 606, fig. 3. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2017. Zootaxa 4286(1): 98, Table 3.
Soroka & Burzynski, 2017. mtDNA B 2(2): 863.
Burzynski et al., 2017. MPE 107: 606.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): Table S1 [as ‘Unio crassus crassus’]. [in part]
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2018. Systemat. Biodiv. 16(3): 291.
Burzynski & Soroka, 2018. PeerJ 6, e5573: 3.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 10(4): 611.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 140.
Cha et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 946.
Aunins et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 1125.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 6. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2019. Ruthenica 29(1): 57, Table 1.
Wu et al., 2019. ZooKeys 812: 29.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S5. [in part]
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): 3489.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): Table S1.
Froufe et al., 2019. Heredity 124: 185.
Soroka, 2020. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 58(2): Table 2.
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): 1216.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 99.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: Table S2.
Kilikowska et al., 2020. Life 10(7): 1. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2021. MPE 163: fig. 6 [by voucher number]. [in part]
Sayenko et al., 2021. Systemat. Biodiv. 19: 58, Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 2.
Zieritz et al., 2021. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 193(3): 1092.
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): 80.
Pfarrer et al., 2022. Hydrobiologia 849: ESM1.
Wu et al., 2022. Zool. Scripta 51: Table S2.
Dai et al., 2023. Invert. Syst. 37(2): Table 2.
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2023. Org Divers Evol (2023): Table 2.
Dai et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2024. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 2024, 1499508: Table 2.
Wu et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta early online: Table S3.
Dai et al., 2024. Invert. Syst. 38(6): Table 3. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio crassus Araujo et al., 2018
‘Philipsson’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Lyubas et al., 2022. Diversity 14(11), 935: Table S3. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio crassus Araujo et al., 2018
‘Philipsson’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio tigridis Araujo et al., 2018
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Marrone et al., 2019. Zootaxa 4545(3): 345.
(misidentified reference to Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852)

Unio tigridis Araujo et al., 2018
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Margaritifera auricularia = Pseudunio auricularius

Pyganodon grandis

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 = Unio nanus
+ Unio cytherea Küster, 1833
+ Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Unio carneus Küster, 1854
+ Unio gontierii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 = Unio carneus

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 = Unio gontierii

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Unio crassus courtillierii [sic] Hattemann, 1859 = Unio crassus

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845

Unio douglasiae = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847

Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842

Unio foucauldianus

Unio gibbus

Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826
+ Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843
+ Unio aleronii Companyo & Massot, 1845
+ Unio requienii Michaud, 1831
+ Unio valentinus Rossmässler, 1854
+ Unio gargottae Philippi, 1836
+ Unio lawleyianus Gentiluomo, 1868
+ Unio glaucinus Porro, 1838

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio elongatulus

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Unio praeposterus Küster, 1853
+ Unio latirostris Küster, 1853
+ Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio schrenkianus Clessin, 1880
+ Unio ascanius Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio proechistus Bourguignat, 1870
+ Unio gaudioni Drouët, 1881
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio bourgeticus Locard, 1882
+ Unio rousii Dupuy, 1849

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio mancus

Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848
+ Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio terminalis

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio eucirrus

Unio tumidiformis

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788
+ Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1879

 
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