Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio auricularius

nominal species Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791

Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 10, fig. 47. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2.
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Pseudunio auricularius

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 — Westerlund, 1890

+ Margaritana margaritifera Linné — Clessin, 1877

+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer (Linn., 1758) — Drouët, 1857

+ Unio margaritifer Linné — Küster, 1855

+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio sinuata Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

+ Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Pfeiffer, 1821

+ Unio sinuata — Lamarck, 1819

+ Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 — Schumacher, 1817

+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817

+ Mya margaritifera — Maton & Rackett, 1807

+ Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bosc, 1801

+ Mya margaritifera Linne — Schreibers, 1793