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Publication Bogatov (2022): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bogatov, V.V. 2022. Large Bivalve Molluscs of Russia’s Fresh Waters (Illustrated Atlas). 287 pp. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amuranodonta kijaensis inflata Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1996 = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Amuranodonta kijaensis kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Amuranodonta kijaensis pulchra Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1996 = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Anemina shadini (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia shadini
+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) buldowskii Moskvicheva, 1973

Anodonta anatina anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta anatina nilssonii (Küster, 1842) = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta complanata var. sorensiana Dybowski, 1913

Anodonta anatina piscinalis Nilsson, 1822 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta anatina ponderosa Pfeiffer, 1825 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea stagnalis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea zellensis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta subcircularis apollonica Bourguignat, 1880 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta subcircularis convexa Drouët, 1888 = Anodonta anatina
+ Colletopterum (Colletopterum) milaschevichi Bogatov et al., 2005

Anodonta subcircularis ostiaria Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta anatina
+ Colletopterum (Colletopterum) baeri Bogatov et al., 2005

Anodonta subcircularis subcircularis Clessin, 1873 = Anodonta exulcerata

Buldowskia beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851) = Beringiana beringiana

Buldowskia beringiana f. compressa (Sayenko et Bogatov, 1998) = Beringiana beringiana

Buldowskia beringiana kamchatica (Bogatov et Starobogatov, 2001) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Beringiana derzhavini Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001

Buldowskia beringiana youkonensis [sic] (Lea, 1867) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Beringiana chereshnevi Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001
+ Beringiana georgiensis Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001

Buldowskia cylindrica Moskvicheva, 1973 = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905)
+ Amuranodonta parva Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Buldowskia (Amurbuldowskia) sitaensis Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Buldowskia (Buldowskia) koreana Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Buldowskia (Amuranodonta) boloniensis Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Buldowskia (Amuranodonta) lomakini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987

Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905) = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905) = Amuranodonta kijaensis

Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905) = Buldowskia shadini

Buldowskia fuscoviridis (Moskvicheva, 1973) = Buldowskia shadini

Buldowskia suifunica (Lindholm, 1925)
+ Buldowskia suputinensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Buldowskia suifunica suifunensis (Shadin, 1938) = Buldowskia suifunica

Buldowskia suifunica suifunica (Lindholm, 1925) = Buldowskia suifunica

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864
+ Corbicula fluminalis var. extrema Lindholm, 1929
+ Corbicula elatior Martens, 1905

Corbicula japonica finitima Lindholm, 1928 = Corbicula finitima

Corbicula japonica japonica Prime, 1867 = Corbicula elatior

Corbicula japonica japonica Prime, 1867 = Corbicula japonica

Corbicula japonica suifuensis Lindholm, 1925 = Corbicula elatior
+ Corbicula lindholmi Kursalova & Starobogatov, 1971

Corbicula japonica suifuensis Lindholm, 1925 = Corbicula lindholmi

Corbicula nevelskoyi amurensis Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1994 = Corbicula amurensis

Corbicula nevelskoyi nevelskoyi Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1994 = Corbicula nevelskoyi

Corbicula nevelskoyi sirotskii Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1994 = Corbicula sirotskii

Corbicula producta Martens, 1905

Cristaria herculea (Middendorff, 1847) = Cristaria plicata

Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria plicata

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Kunashiria japonica f. compressa (Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1996) = Beringiana beringiana

Kunashiria japonica haconensis (Ihering, 1893) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Amuranodonta sihotealinica Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Arsenievinaia zimini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
+ Arsenievinaia coptzevi Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987

Kunashiria japonica haconensis (Ihering, 1893) = Beringiana japonica

Kunashiria japonica iwakawai (Suzuki, 1939) = Buldowskia iwakawai

Kunashiria japonica japonica (Martins in Clessin, 1874) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Arsenievinaia zarjaensis Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Kunashiria japonica boreosakhalinensis Labay & Shulga, 1999

Kunashiria japonica japonica (Martins in Clessin, 1874) = Beringiana japonica

Kunashiria japonica taranetzi (Shadin, 1938) = Beringiana beringiana
+ Arsenievinaia alimovi Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
+ Arsenievinaia zatravkini Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1996
+ Kunashiria sinanodontoides Bogatov et al., 1999
+ Kunashiria iturupica Bogatov et al., 1999

Lanceolaria chankensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria maacki bogatovi Zatravkin et Starobogatov, 1984 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria maacki maacki Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria maacki ussuriensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Margaritifera dahurica dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica
+ Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Margaritifera dahurica komarovi (Bogatov, Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003) = Margaritifera dahurica
+ Dahurinaia ussuriensis Bogatov et al., 2003

Margaritifera dahurica tiunovae (Bogatov et Zatravkin, 1988) = Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera kurilensis (Zatravkin et Starobogatov, 1984) = Margaritifera middendorffi
+ Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005

Margaritifera kurilensis (Zatravkin et Starobogatov, 1984) = Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)
+ Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938
+ Dahurinaia shigini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987

Margaritifera margaritifera borealis (Westerlund, 1871) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera margaritifera elongata (Lamarck, 1819) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera middendorffi kamchatica (Bogatov, Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003) = Margaritifera middendorffi
+ Kurilinaia zatravkini Bogatov et al., 2003

Margaritifera middendorffi kamchatica (Bogatov, Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003) = Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera middendorffi middendorffi Rosen, 1926 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Middendorffinaia mongolica alimovi Bogatov, 2012 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia mongolica mongolica (Middendorff, 1851) = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia mongolica ochotica Bogatov, 2000 = Nodularia douglasiae

Middendorffinaia mongolica ussuriensis Moskvicheva et Starobogatov, 1973 = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Middendorffinaia (s.s.) arsenievi Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973

Middendorffinaia mongolica ussuriensis Moskvicheva et Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] dulkeitiana Moskvicheva et Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] shadini Moskvicheva et Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia suifunensis [sic] weliczkowskii Moskvicheva et Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Middendorffinaia suifunensis suifunensis [sic] Moskvicheva et Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Nodularia douglasiae amurensis (Mousson, 1887) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia douglasiae douglasiae (Griffith et Pidgeon, 1833) = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Nodularia vladivostokensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Nodularia douglasiae middendorffi (Westerlund, 1890) = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Nodularia lebedevi Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
+ Nodularia (s.s.) moskvichevae Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1992

Nodularia douglasiae schrencki (Westerlund, 1897) = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio abbreviatus Westerlund, 1897
+ Nodularia sujfunica Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Nodularia (Magadaninaia) extremalis Martynov & Chernyshev, 1992
+ Nodularia sakhalinensis Bogatov, 2001

Pseudanodonta complanata complanata (Rossmässler, 1835) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta complanata elongata (Holandre, 1836) = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Pseudanodonta elongata milachevitchi Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970

Sinanodonta lauta fukudai Modell, 1945 = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta lauta lauta (Martens, 1877) = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta ovata manchurica Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1996 = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta ovata ovata Bogatov et Starobogatov, 1996 = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta schrenkii amurensis Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii
+ Sinanodonta (Cristariopsis) primorjensis Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988

Sinanodonta schrenkii likharevi Moskvicheva, 1973 = Sinanodonta schrenkii
+ Sinanodonta (Cristariopsis) crassitesta Moskvicheva, 1973
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) renzini Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988

Sinanodonta schrenkii schrenkii (Lea, 1870) = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834

Unio crassus crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 = Unio crassus

Unio crassus musivus (Spengler, 1793) = Unio nanus
+ Unio ater var. irgizlaicus Lindholm, 1904
+ Unio fusculus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio cyprinorum Locard, 1882

Unio crassus musivus (Spengler, 1793) = Unio crassus

Unio crassus nana (Lamarck, 1819) = Unio nanus

Unio pictorum limosus Nilsson, 1822 = Unio pictorum
+ Unio limosus behningi Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970

Unio pictorum pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum protractus Lindholm, 1932 = Unio pictorum

Unio tumidus conus (Spengler, 1793) = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus longirostris Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio pictorum

Unio tumidus tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 = Unio tumidus