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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848: synonymy
     0 specimens + 23 Genbank vouchers

Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847
Deshayes, 1847. Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie: pl. 109, figs. 1-4; pl. 112, fig. 5.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) ravoisieriSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) turtoni var. moreletiSimpson (1914)
Psilunio littoralis fellmanniHaas (1940)
Unio elongatulus durieuiVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi et al. (2011)
Unio durieuiIUCN (2010)

Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847
Deshayes, 1847. Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie: pl. 108, figs. 4-7.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) ravoisieriSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) turtoniSimpson (1914)
Unio ravoisieriPallary (1921), Araujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi et al. (2011), Graf & Cummings (2011), Prié & Puillandre (2014), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Fassatoui et al. (2022)
Unio pictorum ravoisieriHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio elongatulus durieuiVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Unio durieuiIUCN (2010)

Unio moreleti var. crassa Bourguignat, 1864
Bourguignat, 1864. Mal. Alg. 2: 294, pl. 21, figs. 1-7.
(homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847)

Unio elongatulus durieuiDaget (1998)

Unio ravoisieri var. radiata Bourguignat, 1864
Bourguignat, 1864. Mal. Alg. 2: 291, pl. 20, figs. 3-10.
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847)

Unio ravoisieriPallary (1921)
Unio elongatulus durieuiDaget (1998)

Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865
Bourguignat, 1865. Moll. Nouv. Litig. Peu Connus: 141, pl. 25.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) carneusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio turtonii penchinatianusHaas (1924)
Unio elongatulus penchinatianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Unio mancusAraujo et al. (2005)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi et al. (2011), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Araujo et al. (2018)

Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884
Kobelt, 1884. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 16: 183.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 23, pl. 42, figs. 257-259.

Unio elongatulus durieuiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi et al. (2011)
Unio durieuiIUCN (2010)

Unio micelii Kobelt, 1884
Kobelt, 1884. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 16: 182.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 24, pl. 43, figs. 260-261.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) miceliiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio elongatulus durieuiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi et al. (2011)
Unio durieuiIUCN (2010)

Unio ravoisieri var. isserica Kobelt, 1884
Kobelt, 1884. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1: 65, pl. 28, fig. 215.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) turtoniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio elongatulus durieuiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009)

Unio delevieleusae Bourguignat, 1887
Bourguignat, 1887. Prodr. Malacol. Terr. Fluv. Tunisie: 162.

Unio elongatulus durieuiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009)
Unio durieuiIUCN (2010)

Unio doumeti Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887
Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887. Prodr. Malacol. Terr. Fluv. Tunisie: 163.

Unio doumetiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio elongatulus durieuiVan Damme (1984), Daget (1998)
Unio ravoisieriAraujo et al. (2009)

Unio moreletianus Locard, 1889
‘Deshayes’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 152 [46].
(error for Unio moreleti Deshayes, 1847)

Unio ravoisini Locard, 1889
‘Deshayes’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 169 [63].
(error for Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847)

Unio penchiuatianus Westerlund, 1890
‘Bgt.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 70.
(error for Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865)

Psilunio littoralis Giribet & Wheeler, 2002
Giribet & Wheeler, 2002. Invert. Biol. 121(4): 277.
Giribet & Distel, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 52.
Huff et al., 2004. J. Moll. Studies 70: 381 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
Jeffrey et al., 2016. J. Comp. Physiol. B 187: 91.
Vikhrev et al., 2018. Systemat. Biodiv. 16(1): Appendix 5 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio ravoisieriKhalloufi et al. (2011)
Unio sp.Bolotov et al. (2016)
Psilunio littoralisSonowal et al. (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) ravoisieriSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) carneusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) miceliiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) turtoniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio doumetiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) turtoni var. moreletiSimpson (1914)
Unio ravoisieriPallary (1921), Araujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi et al. (2011), Graf & Cummings (2011), Prié & Puillandre (2014), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Fassatoui et al. (2022)
Unio turtonii penchinatianusHaas (1924)
Psilunio littoralis fellmanniHaas (1940)
Unio pictorum ravoisieriHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio elongatulus penchinatianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Unio elongatulus durieuiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Unio mancusAraujo et al. (2005)
Unio durieuiIUCN (2010)
Unio sp.Bolotov et al. (2016)
Psilunio littoralisSonowal et al. (2021)

 
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