original description
Bogatov, V.V., Starobogatov, Ya.I. & Prozorova, L.A. (2005). Mollusks of the genus Colletopterum (Anodontinae, Bivalvia) from Russia and adjacent territories. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 84 (9): 1050-1063. Moskva. [Russian]
page(s): 1055, figs. 3л, 3м, 4д. [details]
source of synonymy
Graf, D.L. (2007). Palearctic freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) diversity and the comparative method as species concept. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 156: 71-88. Philadelphia [June]. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Russia, Astrakhan’ Region, the Volga River near Astrakhan’ (approximately 46º16´N 47º56´E) [details]