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

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Publication Lamy (1946): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lamy, E. 1946. Révision des Adacnidæ vivants du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 86(3): 89-109.

Taxonomic Opinions

Adacna fragilis Milachewitch, 1916

Adacna laeviuscula (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Pholadomya caspica Agassiz, 1842

Adacna luciae Borcea, 1926 = Monodacna colorata

Adacna plicata (Eichwald, 1829) = Hypanis plicata
+ Pholadomya crispa Agassiz, 1842

Adacna relicta Milachewitch, 1916 = Hypanis plicata
+ Adacna plicata Eichwald, 1838

Adacna relicta var. dolosmiana Borcea, 1926 = Hypanis plicata

Adacna vitrea (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Tellina fragilis Gmelin, 1775
+ Hypanis plicata Ménétries, 1832
+ Amphidesma caspia Krynicki, 1837

Didacna crassa Eichwald, 1829 = Didacna eichwaldi
+ Cardium eichwaldi Krynicki, 1837

Didacna trigonoides (Pallas, 1771)
+ Cardium trilaterum Gmelin, 1791
+ Cardium laevigatum Georgi, 1802
+ Cardium lineatum Lamarck, 1819
+ Didacna trigonalis Graham-Ponton, 1869
+ Corbula triquetra Ferussac, 1835
+ Corbula ovalis Ferussac, 1835

Monodacna caspia (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Cardium hiantulum Agassiz, 1842

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Cardium trigonoides Ferussac, 1835
+ Monodacna colorata var. tanaisiana Milachewitch, 1916
+ Monodacna colorata var. angusticostata Borcea, 1926
+ Hypanis colorata var. lucida Borcea, 1926
+ Monodacna colorata var. razelmiana Borcea, 1926
+ Monodacna colorata var. ialpugensis Borcea, 1926

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829) = Monodacna luciea

Monodacna edentula (Pallas, 1771) = Monodacna polymorpha

Monodacna pseudocardium (Deshayes, 1838) = Monodacna caspia
+ Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838