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Mon 20 Jan 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Bolotov et al. (2024), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Bolotov, I.N., E.S. Konopleva, I.V. Vikhrev & A.V. Kondakov. 2024. An alarming tendency towards freshwater mussel misidentification in scientific works may bias endangered and invasive species management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 34(1), e4061: 1-11.

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Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia sp.

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Margaritifera margaritifera Akindele et al., 2018
+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis Akindele et al., 2023

Geloina sp.

Indonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio crassus Shafiullah et al., 2017

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)
+ Gonidea angulata Jawad, 2021

Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774)
+ Strophitus undulatus Shafiullah et al., 2017

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodonta woodiana Astarti et al., 2018

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Anodonta anatina Sohail et al., 2016
+ Margaritifera margaritifera Echem et al., 2016
+ Anodonta cygnea Shafiullah et al., 2017
+ Anodonta arcaeformis Shafiullah et al., 2017
+ Anodonta californiensis Shafiullah et al., 2017
+ Anodonta couperiana Shafiullah et al., 2017
+ Anodonta implicata Shafiullah et al., 2017
+ Pilsbryoconcha exilis Surbakti, 2020

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