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

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Publication Bank (2006): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bank, R. 2006. Towards a catalog and bibliography of the freshwater Mollusca of Greece. Heldia 6(1/2): 51-86. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (s.s.) anatina watersoni Tomlin, 1923 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea gravida Drouët, 1879 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta graeca Drouët, 1892
+ Anodonta lepida Drouët, 1892
+ Anodonta quellenneci Drouët, 1892
+ Anodonta thiessae Bourguignat, 1881

Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea gravida Drouët, 1879 = Anodonta anatina

Dreissena (s.s.) blanci Westerlund, 1890 = Dreissena carinata
+ Dreissensia hellenica Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena blanci var. presbensis Kobelt, 1915
+ Dreissensia thiesae Locard, 1893

Dreissena (s.s.) polymorpha polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) = Dreissena polymorpha

Musculium (s.s.) lacustre (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Pisidium (Cingulipisidium) maasseni Kuiper, 1987 = Euglesa maasseni

Pisidium (Cingulipisidium) milium Held, 1836 = Euglesa milium

Pisidium (Cingulipisidium) nitidum Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) obtusale (Lamarck, 1818) = Euglesa obtusalis

Pisidium (Euglesa) casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium (Euglesa) personatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa personata

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) annandalei Prashad, 1925 = Odhneripisidium annandalei

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866 = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918 = Odhneripisidium tenuilineatum

Pisidium (s.s.) amnicum (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium (Tropidocyclas) henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823) = Euglesa henslowana

Potomida littoralis acarnanica (Kobelt, 1879) = Potomida acarnanica

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) obtusale [sic] (A. Férussac, 1807) = Sphaerium ovale

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphaerium corneum

Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio bruguierianus
+ Unio desectus Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
+ Unio heldreichi O. Boettger, 1886
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio scissus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio thiesseae Drouët, 1892
+ Unio vicarius Westerlund & Blanc, 1879

Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio vicarius

Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio desectus

Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio ionicus

Unio (Crassunio) crassus ionicus Drouët, 1879 = Unio ionicus
+ Unio helenae Drouët, 1892

Unio (s.s.) mancus kruperi Drouët, 1879 = Unio elongatulus
+ Unio copaisanus Drouët, 1895
+ Unio nitidosus Drouët, 1879
+ Unio quellenneci Drouët, 1895

Unio (s.s.) pictorum gaudioni Drouët, 1881 = Unio pictorum