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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 IUCN (2010), 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

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List: .

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Attributed Species Names

Egeria kockii IUCN, 2010
‘Bernardi’ IUCN, 2010, IUCN Red List: [web].

Lamellidens narainpirensis IUCN, 2010
IUCN, 2010, IUCN Red List: [web page].
(error for Lamellidens narainporensis Preston, 1912)

Unio randibeli IUCN, 2010
‘Bourguignat, 1886’ IUCN, 2010, IUCN Red List: [web].
(error for Unio randabeli Bourguignat, 1886)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta lucasi Deshayes, 1847
+ Anodonta embia Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta numidica Bourguignat, 1864
+ Anodonta tunizana Morelet, 1864
+ Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870

Anodonta pallaryi Bédé, 1932
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) theryi Bédé, 1932
+ Anodonta (Liouvillea) gruveli Perès, 1938

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886
+ Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962

Aspatharia droueti (Chapter, 1885)

Aspatharia marnoi (Jickeli, 1874)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha corneola Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904
+ Mutela sarae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913

Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858)
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
+ Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888
+ Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Aspatharia semicorrugata (Preston, 1909)

Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Brazzaea bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea elongata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea ventrosa Bourguignat, 1886

Chambardia dautzenbergi (Haas, 1936)
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia bourguignati Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia locardiana Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia pharaonum Servain, 1890
+ Chambardia rhynchoidea Servain, 1890

Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

Chambardia petersii (Martens, 1860)
+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864

Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839

Chambardia trapezia (Martens, 1897)

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
+ Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897
+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898
+ Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900

Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini (Recluz, 1850)

Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni (Martens, 1866)

Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Aspatharia hassei Darteville, 1941

Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881)
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1909)
+ Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936

Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862)
+ Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
+ Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891
+ Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912
+ Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mesafra mesafricana stappersi Haas, 1936

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)
+ Unio randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897
+ Unio boehmi Martens, 1897
+ Unio gereti Preston, 1910

Coelatura hypsiprymna (Haas, 1936)

Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
+ Parreysia nyangensis Frierson, 1913

Coelatura luapulaensis Preston, 1913

Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)
+ Unio liederi Martens, 1897
+ Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)

Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Corbicula fluminalis cunningtoni

Corbicula fluminalis fluminalis

Corbicula fluminalis natalensis

Corbicula fluminalis tanganyicensis

Cyrenoida dupontia

Cyrenoida rhodopyga

Egeria bernardii (Dunker, 1857)

Egeria cailliaudi (Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria concamerata (Duval, 1840)

Egeria congica (Boettger, 1885)

Egeria heukelomii (Bernardi, 1860)

Egeria kockii [sic]

Egeria nux Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780)

Egeria radiata (Lamarck, 1804)

Egeria schwabi Clench, 1929

Egeria tenuicula (Philippi, 1849)

Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera ferruginea

Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)
+ Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria insignis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria anceyi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria rhynchonella Bourguignat, 1888
+ Grandidieria callista Bourguignat, 1888
+ Grandidieria bourguignati Bourguignat, 1888
+ Unio rostralis Martens, 1897
+ Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913
+ Grandidieria incarnata lutea Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948

Iphigenia curta (Dunker, 1867)

Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860)

Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)

Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909)

Lamellidens consobrinus (Lea, 1860)

Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862)

Lamellidens lamellatus (Lea, 1838)

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamellidens narainpirensis [sic] Preston, 1912

Lamellidens phenchooganjensis Preston, 1912

Lamellidens unioides Nesemann & Sharma, 2007

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793)
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Lea, 1836
+ Unio margaritanopsis Locard, 1889

Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918)
+ Margaritana redomica Pallary, 1923
+ Margaritana dernaica var. ponderosa Pallary, 1928
+ Margaritana dernaica Pallary, 1928

Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Moncetia moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904

Mutela dubia emini

Mutela dubia garambae

Mutela dubia nilotica

Mutela franci Daget, 1964

Mutela hargeri Smith, 1908
+ Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936

Mutela joubini (Germain, 1904)
+ Mutelina mabillei var. gaillardi Germain, 1909

Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898
+ Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907
+ Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908

Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909
+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885

Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988

Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, 1908)
+ Caelatura (Kistinaia) schoutedeni Haas, 1936
+ Caelatura symoensi Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Mytilopsis africana

Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881)

Oxynaia pugio (Benson, 1862)

Parreysia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Parreysia annandalei Preston, 1912

Parreysia bhamoensis Theobald, 1874

Parreysia bonneaudi (Eydoux, 1838)

Parreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869)
+ Parreysia (s.s.) pernodulosa Preston, 1912

Parreysia caerulea (Lea, 1831)

Parreysia chaudhurii (Preston, 1912)

Parreysia choprae Prashad, 1930

Parreysia corbis (Hanley, 1856)

Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774)

Parreysia crispisulcata (Benson, 1862)

Parreysia favidens (Benson, 1862)

Parreysia feae (Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Parreysia feddeni (Theobald, 1873)

Parreysia gowhattensis (Theobald, 1874)

Parreysia involuta (Hanley, 1856)

Parreysia lima (Simpson, 1900)

Parreysia mandelayensis (Theobald, 1874)

Parreysia nuttallianus (Lea, 1856)

Parreysia occata (Lea, 1860)

Parreysia olivacea Prashad, 1930

Parreysia olivaria (Lea, 1831)

Parreysia pachysoma (Benson, 1862)

Parreysia perconvexa Preston, 1912

Parreysia rajahensis (Lea, 1841)

Parreysia shurtleffiana (Lea, 1856)

Parreysia sikkimensis (Lea, 1859)

Parreysia smaragdites (Benson, 1862)

Parreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Parreysia theobaldi (Preston, 1912)

Parreysia triembolus (Benson, 1855)

Physunio micropteroides Annandale, 1918

Physunio velaris (Sowerby, 1868)

Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium armillatum Kuiper, 1966

Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
+ Pisidium lumstenianum Forbes, 1838
+ Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911
+ Pisidium rotundatum Pallary, 1921
+ Pisidium maroccanum Pallary, 1936

Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931

Pisidium ethiopicum Korniushin, 1995

Pisidium fistulosum (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Pisidium giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885)

Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964

Pisidium invenustum (Kuiper, 1996)

Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911

Pisidium langleyanum Melville & Ponsonby, 1891

Pisidium milium

Pisidium montigenum (Kuiper, 1966)

Pisidium nitidum

Pisidium ovampicum

Pisidium personatum

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881
+ Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
+ Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957

Pisidium reticulatum

Pisidium subtruncatum

Pisidium tenuilineatum

Pisidium viridarium

Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Cameronia vynckei Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia mabilliana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia landeaui Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis Woodward, 1991
+ Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893

Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873)

Pseudodon crebristriata (Anthony, 1865)

Pseudodon peguensis (Anthony, 1865)
+ Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. curvata Preston, 1912

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880)
+ Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883
+ Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901
+ Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843)
+ Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856

Solenaia soleniformis (Benson, 1836)

Sphaerium bequaerti Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914

Sphaerium capense

Sphaerium maroccanum Pallary, 1898
+ Sphaerium ddingoii Prime, 1862

Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi

Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae (Smith, 1892)

Sphaerium regularis (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897

Sphaerium victoriae victoriae

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843)
+ Unio foliaceus Gould, 1843
+ Trapezoideus dhanushori Annandale & Prashad, 1921

Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848

Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio sitifensis Morelet, 1851
+ Unio letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1864
+ Unio tetuanensis Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio tafnanus Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio micelii Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884
+ Unio delevieleusae Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio (Limnium) subpictorum Pallary, 1936
+ Unio (Limnium) seurati Pallary, 1936

Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936

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