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

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Publication Bolotov et al. (2020): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., A.V. Kondakov, E.S. Konopleva, I.V. Vikhrev, O.V. Aksenova et al. 2020. Integrative taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in Russia. Scientific Reports 10. 3072 (20 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Amuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Amuranodonta parva Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Amuranodonta minima Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Buldowskia (Amuranodonta) lomakini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Buldowskia (Amuranodonta) boloniensis Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Amuranodonta inflata Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Amuranodonta pulchra Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Anemina ussuriensis Qian et al., 2015

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)
+ Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867
+ Anodonta beringiana var. taranetzi Zhadin, 1938
+ Amuranodonta sihotealinica Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Arsenievinaia coptzevi Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Arsenievinaia zimini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Arsenievinaia zarjaensis Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Arsenievinaia alimovi Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Arsenievinaia compressa Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Arsenievinaia zatravkini Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Beringiana compressa Sayenko & Bogatov, 1998
+ Kunashiria japonica boreosakhalinensis Labay & Shulga, 1999
+ Anemina (Buldowskia) lacustris Labay & Shulga, 1999
+ Anemina (Buldowskia) adotymensys Labay & Shulga, 1999
+ Kunashiria iturupica Bogatov et al., 1999
+ Kunashiria sinanodontoides Bogatov et al., 1999
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Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905)

Buldowskia iwakawai (Suzuki, 1939)

Buldowskia shadini (Moskvicheva, 1973)
+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) fuscoviridis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) buldowskii Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Buldowskia (Amurbuldowskia) sitaensis Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996

Buldowskia suifunica (Lindholm, 1925)
+ Anodonta beringiana var. suifunensis Zhadin, 1938
+ Anodonta woodiana var. elliptica Zhadin, 1938
+ Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis Zhadin, 1938
+ Buldowskia suputinensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Amuranodonta starobogatovi Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Buldowskia cylindrica Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Anemina (Buldowskia) zatrawkini Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992
+ Anemina (s.s.) shadini deflexa Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992
+ Buldowskia (Buldowskia) possietica Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Buldowskia (Buldowskia) koreana Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lanceolaria grayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
+ Unio grayanus Schrenck, 1867
+ Unio grayanus var. decurvata Schrenck, 1867
+ Nodularia cylindracea Simpson, 1900
+ Nodularia cylindrica Simpson, 1900
+ Lanceolaria ussuriensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Lanceolaria chankensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Lanceolaria maacki Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Lanceolaria (Pericylindrica) bogatovi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984

Lanceolaria grayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)

Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851)
+ Unio (Nodularia) continentalis Zhadin, 1938
+ Middendorffinaia (Suifununio) sujfunensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) shadini Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) dulkeitiana Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) weliczkowskii Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) hassanica Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida) martensi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia maihensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia alimovi Bogatov, 2012

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
+ Unio pictorum var. amurensis Mousson, 1887
+ Unio middendorffi Westerlund, 1890
+ Unio abbreviatus Westerlund, 1897
+ Unio schrencki Westerlund, 1897
+ Nodularia douglasiae flavoviridis Haas, 1910
+ Nodularia sujfunica Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Nodularia vladivostokensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Middendorffinaia (s.s.) arsenievi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
+ Nodularia lebedevi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Nodularia (Magadaninaia) extremalis Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992
+ Nodularia (s.s.) moskvichevae Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1992
+ Middendorffinaia (Middendorffinaia) ochotica Bogatov, 2000
+ Nodularia sakhalinensis Bogatov, 2001

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Sinanodonta lauta (Martens, 1877)
+ Sinanodonta woodiana fukudai Modell, 1945
+ Sinanodonta (Ellipsanodon) ovata Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Sinanodonta (Ellipsanodon) manchurica Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Sinanodonta woodiana Soroka, 2005
+ Anodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010

Sinanodonta schrenkii (Lea, 1870)
+ Anodonta magnifica Schrenck, 1867
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) schrencki Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) amurensis Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Sinanodonta (Cristariopsis) crassitesta Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) likharevi Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) renzini Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Sinanodonta (Cristariopsis) primorjensis Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris