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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio auricularius

nominal species Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 3 [sic]. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 70, sp. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_XXX, the Rhine, the Loire and other rivers of continental Europe.

= Pseudunio auricularius

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Lyubas et al., 2019

+ Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018

+ Margaritifera auricularia Spengler, 1793 — Fauna Europaea, 2012

+ Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — IUCN, 2010

+ Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Graf & Cummings, 2009

+ Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Araujo et al., 2009

+ Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — D.G. Smith, 2001

+ Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Nagel et al., 1998

+ Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Ziuganov et al., 1994

+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969

+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969

+ Margaritifera auricularia auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1940

+ Margaritana (Potomida) auricularius (Spengler) — Thiele, 1934

+ Margaritana auricularia (Spengler) — Germain, 1931

+ Margaritana auricularia Spengler — Haas, 1924

+ Margaritana crassa (Retzius, 1788) — Simpson, 1914

= Margaritana sinuata (Lamarck) — Ortmann, 1913

= Margaritana sinuata (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann, 1912

= Pseudunio sinuatus (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1910

= Unio (Groupe Baryana) sinuatus Lk. — Caziot, 1907

= Unio (Baryana) sinuatus de Lamarck, 1819 — Germain, 1904

= Unio sinuatus Lamck. — Rochebrune, 1903

= Unio sinuatusKobelt, 1903

+ Margaritana crassa (Retzius, 1788) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819 — Drouët, 1898

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. sinuatus) sinuatus de Lamarck — Locard, 1893

+ Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 — Westerlund, 1890

= Unio (Baryana) sinuatus de Lamarck — Locard, 1889

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck — Drouët, 1889

= Unio (Limnium sec. Potamida) sinuatus Lamarck — Fischer, 1887

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819 — Bourguignat, 1883

= Unio sinuatus Lam. — Drouët, 1883

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. sinuatus) sinuatus Lamarck — Locard, 1882

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

= Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio sinuatus Lam. — Colbeau, 1868

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck — Malzine, 1867

= Unio (Lymnium) sinuatusDrouët, 1857

= Unio (Lymnium) sinuatus Lam. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck — Küster, 1855

= Unio sinuatus Lam. — Rossmässler, 1854

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

= Unio (Ponderosi) sinuatus Lamk. — Dupuy, 1852

= Unio sinuatus (Lamk.) — Gassies, 1849

= Alasmodonta sinuata Lk. — C.B. Adams, 1847

= Unio sinuatus Lam. — Dupuy, 1843

+ Unio crassissimus Fer. — Hanley, 1843

= Unio sinuata Lam. — Sganzin, 1841

= Mysca (Potomida) sinuata Lamarck, 1819 — Swainson, 1840

+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Fer. Des Moul. Grat. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) auricularis [sic] (Spengler, 1793) — Lea, 1836

= Unio sinuatus Lam. — Rossmässler, 1836

= Unio sinuata Lam. — Held, 1836

= Unio sinuata Lamarck — Lea, 1834

= Unio sinuata Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830

+ Alasmodonta [sic] margaritifera Linnaeus — Lea, 1829

= Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1828

= Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

= Unio sinuata Lam. — Férussac, 1827

= Unio sinuataBlainville, 1825

= Unio sinuata Lamarck — Children, 1823

+ Unio margaritifera Linn. — Nilsson, 1822

= Unio sinuataLamarck, 1819

+ Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bosc, 1801

 
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