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

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species Didacna protracta (Eichwald, 1841): synonymy
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Adacna protracta Eichwald, 1841
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 283, pl. 5, fig. 9 [as ‘Cardium protractum’].
Eichwald, 1841. Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 7: 280, pl. 40, figs. 10-11.

Didacna protractaZhadin (1965), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Didacna protracta protractaKantor et al. (2010)

Didacna protracta var. media Andrusov, 1910
Andrusov, 1910. unknown publication: ??.

Didacna protracta submediaKantor et al. (2010)
Didacna protractaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Didacna protracta var. submedia Andrusov, 1910
Andrusov, 1910. unknown publication: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Adacna protracta Eichwald, 1841)

Didacna protracta submediaKantor et al. (2010)
Didacna protractaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cardium catillus Grimm, 1877
‘Eichw.’ Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 58, pl. 8, figs. 7-9.
(misidentified reference to Monodacna catillus Eichwald, 1841)

Didacna protractaVinarski & Kantor (2016), Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Didacna protracta var. grimmi Andrusov, 1910
Andrusov, 1910. unknown publication: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Adacna protracta Eichwald, 1841)

Didacna protractaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Didacna protractaZhadin (1965), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Wesselingh et al. (2019)
Didacna protracta protractaKantor et al. (2010)
Didacna protracta submediaKantor et al. (2010)

 
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