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

nominal species Mya ovata Donovan, 1802

Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 = Unio tumidus

Donovan, 1802. Brit. Shells 4: pl. 122, figs. 1-3.

= Unio tumidus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Philippson, 1788 — Fauna Europaea, 2012

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1940

+ Unio tumidus Philippson — Germain, 1931

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

+ Unio tumidus Philippsson — Germain, 1908

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

+ Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidulus Locard, Nov. sp. — Locard, 1889

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1870

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

+ Unio tumidus Philippson — Reeve, 1865

+ Unio (Mysca) tumidus picta (Bk.) — Mörch, 1863

+ Unio (Mysca) pictorum deshayesii Michaud — Mörch, 1863

+ Unio (Lymnium) tumidus Philippss. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

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

+ Unio (Batavi) ovalis Gray — Dupuy, 1852

+ Unio (Rostrati) tumidus Retz., 1788 — Dupuy, 1852

+ Unio ovalisLeach, 1852

+ Unio tumidus Retz. — Rossmässler, 1844

+ Unio ovalisBrown, 1844

+ Unio tumidus Retz. — Hanley, 1843

= Mysca (s.s.) ovata Sw. — Swainson, 1840

+ Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Sowerby, 1839

+ Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] Lam. Pfeif. Des Moul. Grat. — Lea, 1838

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

+ Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Lamarck, 1801) — Lea, 1836

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

+ Unio crassus Retz. — Rossmässler, 1835

= Unio ovata Donovan — Lea, 1834

+ Unio pictorum Lin. — Deshayes, 1832

= Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 — Wood, 1825

+ Unio pictorumLamarck, 1819

= Mya ovata Donovan — Dillwyn, 1817

+ Mya ovalisMaton & Rackett, 1807

 
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