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

nominal species Unio giberti Locard, 1889

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Unio giberti Locard, 1889 = Unio tumidus

Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 131 [25], 191 [85].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 215, fig. 227.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22237 (by Graf, 2011: 477), La Marne à Lagny (Seine-et-Marne).

= Unio tumidus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1940

+ Unio tumidus Philippson — Germain, 1931

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Unio tumidus Philippsson — Germain, 1908

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. tumidus) giberti Locard — Locard, 1893

= Unio giberti Locard, 1889 — Westerlund, 1890

= Unio (Penchinatiana) giberti Locard, Nov. sp. — Locard, 1889

 
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