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

nominal species Unio ovatus Studer, 1820

Unio ovatus Studer, 1820 = Unio nanus

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2.
Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 30.
(homonym of Unio ovatus Say, 1817)

= Unio nanus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio nanus Lamarck, 1819 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2024

+ Unio crassus cytherea Küster, 1833 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio crassus cytherea Küster, 1833 — Haas, 1940

+ Unio crassus var. piscinalis Ziegler — Germain, 1931

= Unio consentaneus ovatus Stud. — Kobelt & Haas, 1910

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. fusculus) ovatus Servain — Locard, 1893

= Unio ovatus Studer ap. Charp. — Westerlund, 1890

= Unio (Fusculusiana) ovatus Servain — Locard, 1889

= Unio ovatus (Studer) Charpentier, 1837 — Servain, 1885

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

+ Unio (Lymnium) batavusDrouët, 1857

= Unio (Lymnium) batavus var. C ovatus Charp. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

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

= Unio batavus var. ovatus (Stud.) — Charpentier, 1837

= Unio ovatus mihi — Studer, 1820

 
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