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

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Publication Starobogatov (1970): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Starobogatov, Ya.I. 1970. Fauna of molluscs and zoogeographic division of continental waterbodies of the globe. 372 pp.

Attributed Nominal Genera

There are 48 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (52 total).
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Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anunio ananjevi Lebedev

Baicalinaia baicalensis (Rammelmeyer, 1940)

Blanfordinaia cardiiformis (Blanford, 1883)

Bogatschevinaia (Betekeia) athleta (Lindholm, 1932)

Bogatschevinaia (s.s.) kutschum (Bogatschev, 1924)

Costanaia arciformis MacNeil, 1935

Crassiana (Pristinunio) pristinus (Bielz, 1864)

Ctenodesma borneense (Issel, 1874) = Ctenodesma borneensis

Cuneopsidea (Uralinaia) janschini (Bogatschev, 1961) = Potomida janschini

Cuneopsis (Procuneopsis) heudei (Heude, 1874) = Cuneopsis heudei

Cuneopsis (Tchangsinaia) pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cyclanodonta mrazeki (Wenz, 1931)

Dahurinaia dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Desertella foureaui Mun. Chalm.

Discomya radulosa (Drouet & Chaper, 1892)

Discunio krejcii (Wenz)

Ebersininaia stefanescui (Tournouër, 1879)

Ensinaia sheppardiana [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Elliptio shepardiana

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson, 1907)

Heterunio (Pallasinaia) pallasi (Martens, 1874)

Hoffetrigonia kobayashi (Hoffet)

Hungaramblema hantkeni (Modell, 1950) = Margaritifera hantkeni

Indobaphia vicaryi (Blanford, 1883)

Itatia barabanovskiensis (Lebedev, 1958)

Jazkoa sturdzae (Cobalcescu, 1883)

Lampsilis (Simpsonunio) anodontoides (Lea, 1831) = Lampsilis teres

Martinsoniconcha mongolica (Martinson, 1957)

Modelliella bavarica (Wolff, 1897)

Modellinaia vectensis (Wood, 1864)

Monginella flatterensis [sic] (Mongin, 1963) = Monginella flattersensis

Mulleria rivolii Deshayes, 1827 = Mulleria rivoli

Mutela (Pteromutela) hargeri Smith, E.A., 1908 = Mutela hargeri

Mweruella (s.s.) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Nipponihyria schlegeli (von Martens, 1861) = Sinohyriopsis schlegelii

Paraheudeana valdensis (Mantell, 1844) = Margaritifera valdensis

Paraptychorhynchus pronus (Martens, 1874)

Plicatibaphia flabellata (Goldfuss, 1837) = Pseudunio flabellata

Potamoscapha krejcii (Wenz, 1931)

Proarcidopsis jenissejensis (Lebedev, 1958)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudohyriopsis problematica (Cobalcescu, 1883)

Psilunio (Cyclopotomida) munieri (Stefanescu, 1896) = Potomida munieri

Rugunio condai (Porumbaru, 1881)

Schalienaia hembeli (Conrad, 1838) = Margaritifera hembeli

Schepmania nieuwenhuisi (Schepman, 1898)

Sculptunio bituberculosus Martens = Unio bituberculosus

Sibirinaia khomentovskii (Lebedev, 1958)

Sibirunio betekeiensis (Lindholm, 1932)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinzowinaia subhoernesi (Sinzow, 1897)

Sulcopotomida subclivosus (Teisseyre, 1911)

Tchulymiconcha kubekoviensis (Lebedev, 1958)

Teisseyrinaia subatava (Teisseyre, 1907)

Teruella gautieri Mongin, 1965

Tuberunio uniseralis Lindholm, 1932 = Unio uniseralis

Unio (Rumanunio) rumanus Tournouër, 1879

Zairiella cridlandi (Mandahl-Barth, 1954) = Coelatura cridlandi