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

nominal species Unio delicatus Lea, 1863

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Unio delicatus Lea, 1863 = Unio delicatus

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 189.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 58 [62], pl. 19, fig. 56.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84906, R. Orontes, Syria.

= Unio delicatus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Unio delicatusLyubas et al., 2022

= Unio delicatus Lea, 1863 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

= Unio terminalis delicates [sic]Soliman et al., 2016

+ Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 — IUCN, 2014

= Unio terminalis delicatus Lea, 1863 — Schütt, 1983

+ Unio tigridis tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio tigridis tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1940

= Unio (sec. Lymnium) delicatus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Lymnium) delicatus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio delicatus Lea — Westerlund, 1890

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

= Unio delicatus Lea , 1863 — Lea, 1866

 
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