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

Vikhrev, I.V., I.N. Bolotov, A. Altun, M.Y. Gofarov, G.A. Dvoryankin et al. 2018. The revenant: Rediscovery of Margaritifera homsensis from Orontes drainage with remarks on its taxonomic status and conservation. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(1): 69-80. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis cardium

Margaritifera auricularia = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera homsensis = Pseudunio homsensis

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera laosensis = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marocana = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera middendorffii = Margaritifera middendorffi
+ Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004

Margaritifera monodonta = Cumberlandia monodonta

N. margaritacea = Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potomida littoralis