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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio tumidus

nominal species Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803

Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803 = Unio tumidus

Philipsson in Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: 17.
Pultney, 1799. Cat. Birds. Shells. Dorsetshire: 27. [nomen nudum]
Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 34.
(misidentified reference to Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786)

= Unio tumidus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tumidus (Philipsson, 1788) — Klishko et al., 2017

+ Tumidiana conus conus (Spengler, 1793) — Kantor & Sysoev, 2005

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1940

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Drouët, 1898

= Unio tumidus var. ovalis (Montagu, 1803) — Westerlund, 1890

+ Margaron (Unio) tumidus (Retz.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio batavus var. ovalis Mtg. — Colbeau, 1868

+ Unio tumidus Retzius — Malzine, 1867

+ Unio tumidus Philippson — Reeve, 1865

= Unio batavus var. ovalis Moq. — de Joannis, 1859

= Unio ovalis Meg. — Gredler, 1859

= Unio (Lymnium) batavus var. ovalisDrouët, 1857

= Unio (Lymnium) batavus var. D ovalis (Mont.) — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

+ Margaron (Unio) tumidus (Retz.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio (Batavi) ovalis Gray — Dupuy, 1852

= Unio ovalisLeach, 1852

= Unio ovalis Meg. — Spinelli, 1851

+ Unio requienii Mich. — Gassies, 1849

= Unio ovalisLeach, 1847

+ Unio tumidus Retz. — Rossmässler, 1844

+ Unio pictorum Lamarck — Brown, 1844

= Unio ovalisBrown, 1844

= Margarita (Unio) ovalis Flem. Sow. — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) ovalis Flem. — Lea, 1836

+ Unio pictorum Lin. — Deshayes, 1832

+ Unio pictorumLamarck, 1819

+ Mya pictorum Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817

= Mya ovalis Donovan — Turton, 1807

+ Mya pictorumMaton & Rackett, 1807

= Mya ovalisMaton & Rackett, 1807

= Mya ovalis Pult. — Montagu, 1803

 
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