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29 Recent freshwater species (45 total species)
‘Poli’ of Authors.
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 147.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 20.
(error for Limnaea Poli, 1791)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
‘Turton’ of Authors.
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 637.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 721.
(error for Mysca Turton, 1822)
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: 145. [pre-linnaean]
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 386.
(intro'd as syn. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Philipsson in Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: 16.
(renamed Unionea Rafinesque, 1815)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (subsequent designation) = Unio pictorum
Poli, 1791. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 1: 31.
(renamed Limella Rafinesque, 1815)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original designation) = Unio pictorum
Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: 253, 259.
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (herein) = Unio pictorum
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 147.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 20.
(new name for Limnaea Poli, 1791)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: 147.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 20.
(new name for Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Oken, 1815. Lehrb. Naturg. 3: 237.
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original designation) = Unio pictorum
Fabricus, 1823. Fortegnelse: 53.
(error for Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Reider & Hahn, 1831. F. Boica (Gewürme): ??.
(error for Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10.
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 13.
(homonym of Leach, 1814; renamed Margaron Lea, 1852)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (herein) = Unio pictorum
‘Goldfuss’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 51.
‘Goldfuss’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 217.
(intro'd as syn. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
‘Oken’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 211.
‘Oken’ Stabile, 1859. Atti soc. geol. Milano 1: 170.
‘Oken’ Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 120.
(error for Lymnium Oken, 1815)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 242.
(new name for Mysca Turton, 1822)
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 58.
(error for Limnaeoderma Poli, 1795)
‘Oken’ Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
(error for Lymnium Oken, 1815)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
‘Poli’ Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
(error for Limnaeoderma Poli, 1795)
‘Turton’ Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
(error for Mysca Turton, 1822)
Gistl, 1847. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen 1850: 617.
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: 188.
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original designation) = Unio pictorum
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 17.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25.
(new name for Margarita Lea, 1836)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (herein) = Unio pictorum
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 598.
(error for Limnaea Poli, 1791)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Gray, 1857. Fig. Moll. Animals 5: 37.
Type species: Limnoica linearis Gray, 1857 (monotypy) = Unio pictorum
Schaufuss, 1869. Moll. Syst. Cat. Paetel 7: 21.
(error for Limnaeoderma Poli, 1795)
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 316.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio matronicus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 8) = Unio crassus
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 315.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 29 [135].
(homonym of Bourguignat, 1884 [Thiaridae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 29) = Unio crassus
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio jourdheuili Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (monotypy) = Unio mancus
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
(homonym of Servain, 1881 [Lymnaeidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822 (monotypy) = Unio pictorum
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 322.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 65 [171].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; homonym of Bourguignat, 1881)
Type species: Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 65) = Unio pictorum
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 (sub. desig. by Kantor & Sysoev, 2005: 327) = Unio tumidus
Hutton, 1882. New Zealand J. Sci. Techn. 1: 478.
(error for Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 315.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; homonym of Servain, 1888)
Type species: Unio amnicus Rossmässler, 1836 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 7) = Unio nanus
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 318.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 47 [153] [as ‘Villœana’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio villae Issel, 1872 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 47) = Unio elongatulus
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio falsus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 11) = Unio pictorum
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio mucidulus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 15) = Unio mancus
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 321.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio schroederi Bourguignat in Schröder, 1885 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 18) = Unio tumidus
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 152.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio brebissoni Locard, 1889 (orig. desig.) = Unio pictorum
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 159.
(homonym of Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [Tunicata]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio mariae Bourguignat in Locard, 1889 (orig. desig.) = Unio crassus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 21 [127].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio nana Lamarck, 1819 (orig. desig.) = Unio nanus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 22 [128].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio manca Lamarck, 1819 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 22 [128].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio melas Coutagne in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio nanus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 25 [131].
(homonym of Fagot, 1891 [Clausiliidae & Helicidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865 (orig. desig.) = Unio ravoisieri
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 25 [131].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio sandrii Rossmässler, 1844 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 18) = Unio elongatulus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 26 [132].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio fusculus Rossmässler, 1836 (orig. desig.) = Unio nanus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 28 [134].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio socardianus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio nanus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 30 [136].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio amnicus Rossmässler, 1836 (orig. desig.) = Unio nanus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 32 [138].
(homonym of Bourguignat, 1884 [Gastrop.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio locardianus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio crassus
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 32 [138].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio nubilus Locard, 1889 (orig. desig.) = Unio nanus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 33 [139].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825 (orig. desig.) = Unio elongatulus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 34 [140].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio ryckholtii Malzine, 1867 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 10) = Unio crassus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 35 [141].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 (orig. desig.) = Unio crassus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 35 [141].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio nicolloni Locard, 1889 (monotypy) = Unio crassus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 39 [145].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio lemotheuxi Bourguignat in Locard, 1889 (orig. desig.) = Unio crassus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 40 [146].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio ater Nilsson, 1822 (orig. desig.) = Unio crassus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 40 [146].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio pisanus Uzielli in Bourguignat, 1883 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 43 [149].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 46 [152].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 46 [152].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 15) = Unio ravoisieri
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 47 [153].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio berenguieri Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 48 [154].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio gallicus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 48 [154].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Unio pictorum
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 49 [155].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio jacqueminii Dupuy, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 50 [156].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio meretricis Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 51 [157].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio requienii Michaud, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 52 [158] [as ‘Saint-Simoniana’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio saintsimonianus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 53 [159].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio pornae Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 54 [160].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845 (orig. desig.) = Unio delphinus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 55 [161].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio falsus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio pictorum
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 57 [163].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio joannisi Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 58 [164].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio courquinianus Bourguignat, 1865 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 58 [164].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio oesiacus Locard, 1889 (monotypy) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 59 [165].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio campylus Bourguignat in Locard, 1889 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 10) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 59 [165].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Unio tumidus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 61 [167].
(homonym of Bourguignat, 1884 [Thiaridae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio holandrei Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 62 [168].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio asticus Servain, 1887 (orig. desig.) = Unio mancus
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 63 [169].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio aegericus Locard, 1889 (monotypy) = Unio mancus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 63 [169].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio graniger J.F. Schmidt, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Unio pictorum
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 63 [169].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio jousseaumei Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio pictorum
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 64 [170].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio hispanus ‘Moq.-Tand. in litt.’ Rossmässler, 1844 (orig. desig.) = Unio delphinus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 69 [175].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 (orig. desig.) = Unio tumidus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 71 [177].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio alpecanus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio tumidus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 71 [177].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio edyus Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 (orig. desig.) = Unio tumidus
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 72 [178].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau, 1868 (orig. desig.) = Unio tumidus
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 38.
Fagot, 1893. Bull. Soc. Ramond 28: 258.
(error for Villaeana Servain, 1888)
Type species: Unio villae Issel, 1872 = Unio elongatulus
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 824.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 574.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Nodularia Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 (orig. desig.) = Unio caffer
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 276 [38].
(new name for Vinceleusiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859 = Unio tumidus
‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 278.
(error for Holandriana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio holandrei Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 = Unio mancus
‘Bourg.’ Caziot, 1907. Bull. Soc. Sci. Hist. Nat. Yonne 60: 276.
(error for Nanusiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio nana Lamarck, 1819 = Unio nanus
‘Bourg.’ Caziot, 1907. Bull. Soc. Sci. Hist. Nat. Yonne 60: 276.
(error for Vinceleusiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859 = Unio tumidus
Caziot, 1910. Étude Moll. Princip. Monaco: 483.
(error for Berenguieriana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio berenguieri Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 = Unio mancus
Caziot, 1910. Étude Moll. Princip. Monaco: 543.
(error for Berenguieriana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio berenguieri Bourguignat in Locard, 1882 = Unio mancus
Prashad, 1919. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 410.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 (orig. desig.) = Unio terminalis
Rosén, 1925. Arch. Moll. 57: 114.
(error for Limnaea Poli, 1791)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Kennard & Woodward, 1926. Syn. Brit. non-marine Moll.: 328.
(error for Margaron Lea, 1852)
Lindholm, 1932. Trans. United Geol. Prosp. Serv. USSR 238: 20, 24.
Type species: Unio bituberculosus Martens, 1874 (orig. desig.) = Unio bituberculosus
Lindholm, 1932. Trans. United Geol. Prosp. Serv. USSR 238: 32, 38.
Type species: Unio exquisitus Lindholm, 1932 (orig. desig.) = Unio exquisitus
Lindholm, 1932. Trans. United Geol. Prosp. Serv. USSR 238: 33, 38.
Type species: Tuberunio uniseralis Lindholm, 1932 = Unio uniseralis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 (sub. desig. by of Authors, 0) = Unio tigridis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 119.
(error for Nemrodia Pallary, 1939)
Type species: Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio tigridis
Jatzko, 1962. Tr. Odesskogo gos. Univ. (Geol. Geogr.) 152(8): 11.
Type species: Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 = Unio tumidus
Jatzko, 1962. Tr. Odesskogo gos. Univ. (Geol. Geogr.) 152(8): 50. [nomen nudum]
Jatzko, 1972. Naiads of Up. Cenozoic S.W. Ukraina & Moldavia: 11.
‘Poli’ Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 115.
(error for Limnaea Poli, 1791)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 118.
Type species: Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 (orig. desig.) = Unio crassus
‘Gistl, 1848’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 1: N415.
(error for Chondrostes Gistl, 1847)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
‘Locard’ Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
(error for Desfontainiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio desfontainianus Bourguignat in Locard, 1899 = Unio pictorum
‘Locard’ Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
(error for Ellipsopsisiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio ellipsopsis Bourguignat in Locard, 1899 = Unio crassus
‘Locard’ Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
(error for Porniana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio pornae Locard, 1882 = Unio mancus
‘Locard’ Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N863.
(error for Villaeana Servain, 1888)
Type species: Unio villae Issel, 1872 = Unio elongatulus
Jatzko, 1972. Naiads of Up. Cenozoic S.W. Ukraina & Moldavia: 11.
Type species: Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 = Unio crassus
Starobogatov in Zatravkin, 1983. [in] I.M. Likharev, Molluscs: 40.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Eolymnium Prashad, 1919)
Type species: Unio byzantinus ‘Parreyss, in sched.’ Drouët, 1879 (orig. desig.) = Unio vicarius
‘Bourguignat, Locard’ Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1078.
(error for Villaeana Servain, 1888)
Type species: Unio villae Issel, 1872 = Unio elongatulus
The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Unio, since 1900.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Margaritana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Germain (1931)
Unio — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1902), Rochebrune (1903), Kobelt (1903), Kobelt (1904), ... Chen et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Nephronaias) — Martens (1900)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) — Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Batavusiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Requieniana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Mancusiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Rhomboïdiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Socardiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Rostratiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Fusculusiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Joannisiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Porniana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Cyrtusiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Melasiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Hispaniana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Vincelotiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Ateriana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Alpecanusiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Saint-simoniana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Falsusiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Hollandriana) [sic] — Germain (1904)
Unio (Meretricisiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Lemotheuxiana) — Germain (1904), Caziot (1910)
Unio (Moreletiana) — Germain (1904)
Unio (Groupe Tumidusiana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Batavusiana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Mancusiana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Ninusiana) [sic] — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Elongatulusiana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Requieniana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Amnicusiana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Vincelensiana) [sic] — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Ateriana) — Caziot (1907)
Unio (Groupe des Falsusiana) — Caziot (1907)
Nodularia (Cælatura [sic]) — Pallary (1909)
Nodularia (Cafferia) — Kobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Coelatura) — Kobelt (1910)
Unio (Berenguieriane) [sic] — Caziot (1910)
Unio (Turtoniana) — Caziot (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) — Simpson (1914)
Rectidens — Haas (1914), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) — Simpson (1914)
Nodularia — Simpson (1914)
Unio (Eolymnium) — Prashad (1919), Haas (1969), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Cælatura [sic] (Iaronia) — Pallary (1924)
Cafferia — Connolly (1925), Connolly (1931), Haas (1936), Modell (1942), Haas (1969), ... Hoeh et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Reis et al. (2013), Marshall et al. (2014)
Quadrula (Obliquata) — Frierson (1927)
Unio (Cafferia) — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Connolly (1939), Graf (2002)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) — Frierson (1927)
Vetulonaia — Branson (1935)
Unio (s.s.) — Zhadin (1938), Haas (1969), Zatravkin (1983), Stadnichenko (1984), Falkner (1994), Korniushin (1998), Falkner et al. (2001), Falkner et al. (2002), Graf (2002), Bank (2006), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Psilunio — Zhadin (1938), Haas (1940), Daget (1998), Sonowal et al. (2021)
Unio (Nemrodia) — Pallary (1939)
Unio (Limnium) [sic] — Pallary (1939)
Glebula — Modell (1957)
Venustaconcha — Modell (1957)
Medionidus — Modell (1957)
Dysnomia (Penita) — Modell (1957)
Hyridella (Echyridella) — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)
Potomida — Haas (1969), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin (1987), Falkner (1994), Graf (2007), Kantor et al. (2010), IUCN (2014), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio (Sculptunio) — Haas (1969)
Unio (Tuberunio) — Haas (1969)
Unio (Heterunio) — Haas (1969)
Sculptunio — Starobogatov (1970)
Tuberunio — Starobogatov (1970)
Unio (Limnium) — Biggs (1971)
Crassiana — Akromovski (1976), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Batavusiana (Crassunio) — Zatravkin (1983), Stadnichenko (1984), Zatravkin (1987)
Unio (Tumidusiana) — Zatravkin (1983), Stadnichenko (1984), Korniushin (1998)
Batavusiana (s.s.) — Zatravkin (1983), Stadnichenko (1984), Zatravkin (1987), Korniushin (1998)
Eolymnium (s.s.) — Zatravkin (1983)
Eolymnium (Shadininaia) — Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin (1987), Korniushin (1998)
Unio (Crassunio) — Falkner (1994), Bank (2006)
Batavusiana (Crassiana) — Korniushin (1998)
Pleurobema — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
“Unio” — Evanoff et al. (1998)
Unio (Crassiana) — Falkner et al. (2001), Falkner et al. (2002), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Crassiana (s.s.) — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Tumidiana — Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor & Sysoev (2005), Kantor et al. (2010)
Crassiana (Bataviana) — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Eolymnium — Kantor et al. (2010)
‘Unio’ — Delvene et al. (2016)