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

nominal species Unio dignatus Lea, 1863

Unio dignatus Lea, 1863 = Unio tigridis

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 189.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 51 [55], pl. 17, fig. 48.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84714, R. Tigris at Bagdad, Persia.

= Unio tigridis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Jihad, 2023

+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

+ Unio (s.s.) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Falkner, 1994

+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Schütt, 1983

+ Unio tigridis tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio tigridis tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1940

= Unio (Nemrodia) dignatus Lea, 1863 — Pallary, 1939

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Preston, 1912

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio tigridis (Fér.) Bgt. — Westerlund, 1890

+ Unio tigridis Ferussac — Kobelt, 1886

= Margaron (Unio) dignatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio dignatus Lea , 1863 — Lea, 1866