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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 Lopes-Lima 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

Lopes-Lima, M., J. Geist, S. Egg, L. Beran, A. Bikashvili et al. 2024. Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195. 108046 (27 pp.).

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 2
fig. 4-5_AHE
fig. 4-5_MtG

Attributed Species Names

Unio courtilieri Locard, 1889
‘Hattemann’ of Authors.
Locard, 1889, Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 132 [26].
‘Hattemann’ Germain, 1904, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 256 [18].
‘Hattmann’ Germain, 1931, Faune de France 22: 724, 727.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2024, MPE 195: suppl. append. 2, p. 3.
(error for Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859)

Nodularia douglasiae Choi et al., 2020
‘Griffith & Pidgeon’ of Authors.
Cha et al., 2018, mtDNA B 3(2): 946. [in part]
Fukata & Iigo, 2019, mtDNA B 4(2): 3488. [in part]
Choi et al., 2020, Sci. Repts. 10: 5 [as ‘Nodularia douglasiae Clade A’]. [in part]
Sayenko et al., 2021, Systemat. Biodiv. 19: 57, Table S2. [in part]
Mabuchi et al., 2021, mtDNA B 6(4): 1536. [in part]
Kim et al., 2021, mtDNA B 6(1): 80. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2024, MPE 195: Table S2. [in part]
Dai et al., 2024, Invert. Syst. 38(6): fig. 3, Table S1. [in part]
Wu et al., 2024, Invert. Syst. 38: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea

Cuneopsis pisciculus

Lanceolaria lanceolata

Nodularia douglasiae

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio prusii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio schwerzenbachi Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio vescoi Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862
+ Unio turcicus Küster, 1862
+ Unio desectus f. pursacensis Sturany, 1902
+ Unio ancyrensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio ancyrensis var. louisei Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio crassus Araujo et al., 2018

Unio carneus Küster, 1854
+ Unio luxurians Küster, 1854
+ Unio brevirostris Küster, 1854

Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788
+ Unio musivus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio ater Nilsson, 1822
+ Unio rubens Menke, 1828
+ Unio rugatus Menke, 1828
+ Unio drouetii Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859
+ Unio batavus var. minimus de Joannis, 1859
+ Unio batavus var. baraceus de Joannis, 1859
+ Unio lambottei Malzine, 1867
+ Unio crassus var. maximus Kobelt, 1872
+ Unio pseudolitoralis Clessin, 1877
+ Unio subtilis Drouët, 1879
+ Unio ligericus Locard, 1882
+ Unio sequanicus Locard, 1882
+ Unio pilloti Locard, 1882
+ Unio rayi Locard, 1882
+ Unio crassatellus Locard, 1882
+ Unio locardianus Locard, 1882
+ Unio lagnisicus Locard, 1882
+ Unio carantoni Locard, 1882
+ Unio minutus Locard, 1882
+ Unio berthelini Locard, 1882
+ Unio andegavensis Locard, 1882
+ Unio cyprinorum Locard, 1882
+ Unio matronicus Locard, 1882
+ Unio oxyrhynchus Locard, 1882
+ Unio marcellinus Locard, 1882
+ Unio feliciani Locard, 1882
+ Unio arenarum Locard, 1882
+ Unio brevierei Locard, 1882
+ Unio brevieri Locard, 1882
+ Unio batavellus Locard, 1885
+ Unio crassulus Drouët, 1888
+ Unio vegesackensis Servain, 1888
+ Unio hamburgiensis Servain, 1888
+ Unio visurgisinus Servain, 1888
+ Unio besnardianus Locard, 1889
+ Unio visurgicus Locard, 1889
+ Unio catalaunicus Locard, 1889
+ Unio subamnicus Locard, 1889
+ Unio lemotheuxi Locard, 1889
+ Unio andeliacus Locard, 1889
+ Unio diptychus Locard, 1889
+ Unio ingrandiensis Locard, 1889
+ Unio materniacus Locard, 1889
+ Unio melantatus Locard, 1889
+ Unio balbignyanus Locard, 1889
+ Unio occidentalis Locard, 1889
+ Unio bouchardi Locard, 1889
+ Unio surraulti Locard, 1889
+ Unio adonus Locard, 1889
+ Unio caumonti Locard, 1889
+ Unio hattemani Locard, 1889
+ Unio seneauxi Locard, 1889
+ Unio caroliensis Locard, 1889
+ Unio mariae Locard, 1889
+ Unio nicolloni Locard, 1889
+ Unio gliscerus Locard, 1893
+ Unio ampullaceus Locard, 1893
+ Unio chardoni Locard, 1893
+ Unio lancelevei Locard, 1893
+ Unio ater var. irgizlaicus Lindholm, 1904
+ Unio pseudolittoralis [sic] var. curonicus Riemenschneider, 1907
+ Unio crassus var. okae Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio crassus heimburgi Haas, 1911
+ Unio kungurensis Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio kungurensis irenjensis Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio kungurensis chlebnikowi Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio kungurensis sylwensis Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio roseni Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio crassus thuringiacus Israel, 1913
+ Unio crassus ornatus Polinksi, 1917
+ Unio crassus polonicus Polinksi, 1917
+ Unio crassus var. ishmensis Zhadin, 1938

Unio damascensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio orontesensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio syriacus Lea, 1863

Unio delphinus

Unio desectus Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
+ Unio bruguierianus Araujo et al., 2018

Unio gibbus

Unio gontierii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio colchicus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881
+ Unio mingrelicus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio raddei Drouët, 1881
+ Unio stevenianus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio stepanoffi Drouët, 1881
+ Unio raddei var. koutaisiana Kobelt, 1886
+ Unio gregorii Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio mingrelicus var. sobriewskii Rosén, 1925
+ Unio mingrelicus var. stevenianiformis Zhadin, 1938
+ Crassiana mengrelica Kantor et al., 2010
+ Unio mingrelicus var. sobrievskii Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879
+ Unio helenae Drouët, 1892
+ Unio scissus Drouët, 1893

Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio rothi var. komarowi O. Boettger, 1880
+ Unio araxenus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) pseudonymus Simpson, 1900
+ Unio armeniacus Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio modiola Preston, 1912
+ Unio subbatavus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio specialis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (orfaensis var. ?) ehrmanni Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio bitlisensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio ciconius Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio medicus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio thospiensis Kobelt, 1915
+ Unio (Rhombunio) wenzii Kobelt, 1915
+ Unio bruguierianus Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

Unio nanus Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya ovata Coxe, 1789
+ Mya pictorum Coxe, 1789
+ Unio inflatus Studer, 1820
+ Unio rostratus Studer, 1820
+ Unio sinuatus Studer, 1820
+ Unio planus Studer, 1820
+ Unio dilatatus Studer, 1820
+ Unio ovatus Studer, 1820
+ Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio cytherea Küster, 1833
+ Unio sinuolata Küster, 1833
+ Unio castaneus Fitzinger, 1833
+ Unio dubius Fitzinger, 1833
+ Unio nigricans Fitzinger, 1833
+ Unio decurvatus Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio labacensis Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio vitreus Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio atrovirens Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio amnicus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio piscinalis Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio reniformis Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio fusculus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio retusa Held, 1836
+ Unio batavus var. elongatus Held, 1837
+ Unio batavus var. gibbosus Held, 1837
+ Unio batavus var. squamosus Charpentier, 1837
+ Unio consentaneus legitimus Rossmässler, 1838
+ Unio consentaneus minor Rossmässler, 1838
+ Unio consentaneus pulcher Rossmässler, 1838
+ Unio pruinosus J.F. Schmidt, 1840
+ Unio nessorhynchus Küster, 1854
+ Unio heldii Küster, 1854
+ Unio bosnensis Möllendorff, 1874
+ Unio phaseolus Kobelt, 1879
+ Unio neocomensis Drouët, 1881
+ Unio croaticus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio danemorae Locard, 1882
+ Unio dubisianus Locard, 1882
+ Unio dubisiopsis Locard, 1882
+ Unio macrorhynchus Locard, 1882
+ Unio melas Locard, 1882
+ Unio potamius Locard, 1882
+ Unio socardianus Locard, 1882
+ Unio savensis Drouët, 1882
+ Unio striatulus Drouët, 1882
+ Unio truncatulus Drouët, 1882
+ Unio striolatus Drouët, 1884
+ Unio dokici Drouët, 1884
+ Unio rivalis Drouët, 1884
+ Unio serbicus Drouët, 1884
+ Unio batavus var. albensis Hazay, 1885
+ Unio batavus var. ondovensis Hazay, 1885
+ Unio subrobustus Servain, 1885
+ Unio duregicus Servain, 1885
+ Unio sandriopsis Servain, 1885
+ Unio ostiorum Servain, 1885
+ Unio turicus Servain, 1885
+ Unio tiguricus Servain, 1885
+ Unio batavus var. taunica Kobelt, 1886
+ Unio kochii Kobelt, 1886
+ Unio badiellus Drouët, 1888
+ Unio bosnicus Locard, 1889
+ Unio euthymeanus Locard, 1889
+ Unio ignari Locard, 1889
+ Unio jurianus Locard, 1889
+ Unio manculus Locard, 1889
+ Unio nubilus Locard, 1889
+ Unio orbus Locard, 1889
+ Unio passavanti Locard, 1889
+ Unio redactus Drouët, 1889
+ Unio scotinus Locard, 1889
+ Unio stygnus Locard, 1889
+ Unio valliericus Locard, 1889
+ Unio zoasthenus Locard, 1889
+ Unio hassiae Haas, 1908
+ Unio pseudocrassus Haas, 1909
+ Unio batavus badensis Haas, 1910
+ Unio batavus sabulosus Haas, 1910
+ Unio brandisi Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio travnicensis Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus hohenwarti Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio (consentaneus var. ?) gallensteini Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus subterminalis Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus langi Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus thayacus Kobelt, 1910
+ Unio batavus forma elongata Clessin, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus biandeti Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus bodamicus Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus elongatus Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus dilatatus Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus abnobae Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio consentaneus marisaensis Kobelt & Haas, 1910
+ Unio batavus palatinus Haas, 1911
+ Unio batavus hexameri Haas, 1911
+ Unio batavus probavaricus Haas, 1911
+ Unio batavus forma pseudoconsentaneus Geyer, 1911
+ Unio batavus distinguendus C. Boettger, 1912
+ Unio batavus navensis C. Boettger, 1912
+ Unio batavus kobeltianus Haas, 1913
+ Unio crassus Soroka, 2005

Unio pictorum

Unio sesirmensis Kobelt, 1913

Unio terminalis

Unio tumidiformis da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio batavus Morelet, 1845
+ Unio eupygus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio macropygus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio sadoicus da Silva e Castro, 1885
+ Unio baeticus Kobelt, 1888
+ Unio callipygus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio conimbricus Kobelt, 1893

Unio tumidus

Unio vicarius Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
+ Unio byzantinus Drouët, 1879
+ Unio heldreichi O. Boettger, 1886
+ Unio thiesseae Drouët, 1892
+ Unio crassus Araujo et al., 2018
+ Unio bruguierianus Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

Cladogram Figure 2
                             +-- Unio_pictorum        
  +--------------------------+                        
  |                          +-- Unio_delphinus       
--+                                                   
  |  +-------------------------- Unio_tumidiformis    
  |  |                                                
  +--+  +----------------------- Unio_sesirmensis     
     |  |                                             
     +--+  +-------------------- Unio_desectus        
        |  |                                          
        +--+  +----------------- Unio_damascensis     
           |  |                                       
           |  |  +-------------- Unio_ionicus         
           +--+  |                                    
              |  |           +-- Unio_nanus           
              |  |  +--------+                        
              +--+  |        +-- Unio_carneus         
                 |  |                                 
                 |  |        +-- Unio_gontierii       
                 |  |        |                        
                 |  |        +-- Unio_crassus__1      
                 +--+--------+                        
                    |        +-- Unio_crassus__2      
                    |        |                        
                    |        +-- Unio_crassus__3      
                    |                                 
                    |  +-------- Unio_vicarius        
                    |  |                              
                    +--+  +----- Unio_bruguierianus__1
                       |  |                           
                       +--+----- Unio_bruguierianus__2
                          |                           
                          |  +-- Unio_bruguierianus__3
                          +--+                        
                             +-- Unio_mardinensis
Cladogram Figure 4-5_AHE
                             +----- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
  +--------------------------+                            
  |                          |  +-- Anodonta_anatina      
  |                          +--+                         
  |                             +-- Anodonta_cygnea       
--+                                                       
  |                             +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
  |  +--------------------------+                         
  |  |                          +-- Nodularia_douglasiae  
  +--+                                                    
     |  +-------------------------- Unio_gibbus           
     |  |                                                 
     +--+  +----------------------- Unio_tumidus          
        |  |                                              
        |  |                 +----- Unio_terminalis       
        +--+  +--------------+                            
           |  |              |  +-- Unio_delphinus        
           |  |              +--+                         
           |  |                 +-- Unio_pictorum         
           +--+                                           
              |  +----------------- Unio_tumidiformis     
              |  |                                        
              |  |              +-- Unio_ionicus          
              +--+  +-----------+                         
                 |  |           +-- Unio_carneus          
                 |  |                                     
                 |  |           +-- Unio_damascensis      
                 +--+  +--------+                         
                    |  |        +-- Unio_sesirmensis      
                    |  |                                  
                    |  |     +----- Unio_bruguierianus    
                    +--+  +--+                            
                       |  |  |  +-- Unio_gontierii        
                       |  |  +--+                         
                       |  |     +-- Unio_mardinensis      
                       +--+                               
                          |     +-- Unio_crassus          
                          |  +--+                         
                          |  |  +-- Unio_nanus            
                          +--+                            
                             |  +-- Unio_vicarius         
                             +--+                         
                                +-- Unio_desectus
Cladogram Figure 4-5_MtG
                                   +----- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
  +--------------------------------+                            
  |                                |  +-- Anodonta_anatina      
  |                                +--+                         
  |                                   +-- Anodonta_cygnea       
--+                                                             
  |                                   +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
  |  +--------------------------------+                         
  |  |                                +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa  
  |  |                                                          
  +--+                                +-- Unio_gibbus           
     |  +-----------------------------+                         
     |  |                             +-- Unio_tumidus          
     |  |                                                       
     +--+                          +----- Unio_terminalis       
        |  +-----------------------+                            
        |  |                       |  +-- Unio_delphinus        
        |  |                       +--+                         
        +--+                          +-- Unio_pictorum         
           |                                                    
           |  +-------------------------- Unio_tumidiformis     
           |  |                                                 
           +--+  +----------------------- Unio_sesirmensis      
              |  |                                              
              +--+  +-------------------- Unio_ionicus          
                 |  |                                           
                 +--+  +----------------- Unio_damascensis      
                    |  |                                        
                    +--+  +-------------- Unio_desectus         
                       |  |                                     
                       |  |           +-- Unio_crassus          
                       +--+  +--------+                         
                          |  |        +-- Unio_gontierii        
                          |  |                                  
                          +--+        +-- Unio_bruguierianus    
                             |  +-----+                         
                             |  |     +-- Unio_mardinensis      
                             +--+                               
                                |  +----- Unio_vicarius         
                                +--+                            
                                   |  +-- Unio_carneus          
                                   +--+                         
                                      +-- Unio_nanus

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