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

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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Monodacna

species Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Monodacna colorata — Bogan (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Wesselingh et al. (2019), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Adacna colorata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna angusticostata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna jalpugensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Adacna (Monodacna) colorata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) angusticostata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) ialpugensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Adacna (Monodacna) luciae — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Range

In the Black Sea basin, including the Dnieper and Veselovsk reservoirs. Introduced to Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.