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

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Publication Lyubas et al. (2022): summary
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Complete Citation

Lyubas, A.A., A.V. Kondakov, A.A. Tomilova, M.Yu. Gofarov, T.A. Eliseeva et al. 2022. Taxonomic reassessment of freshwater mussels from the Western Balkans reveals an overlooked but critical refugium and defines conservation priorities. Diversity 14(11), 935: 1-17. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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 jonicus Kobelt, 1886
‘Drouët’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 43.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 153.
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 87.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 131.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 52.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): 578.
Lyubas et al., 2022. Diversity 14(11), 935: Table S3.
(error for Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta exulcerata
+ Anodonta subcircularis Clessin, 1873

Anodonta seddoni sp. nov. = Anodonta seddonae

Microcondylaea bonellii

Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia keralaensis

Pseudanodonta complanata

Unio bruguierianus

Unio caffer

Unio carneus

Unio crassus

Unio damascensis

Unio delicatus

Unio delphinus

Unio durieui

Unio elongatulus Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio eucirrus

Unio foucauldianus

Unio gibbus

Unio hueti

Unio ionicus

Unio mancus

Unio mancus requienii = Unio mancus

Unio mancus turtonii = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum

Unio ravoisieri

Unio sesirmensis

Unio terminalis

Unio tigridis

Unio tumidiformis

Unio tumidus

 
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