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

nominal species Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio nanus

specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.].
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 118, pl. 5, fig. 13.
Scholtz, 1843. Land- und Wassermoll. Schlesiens: 129. [nomen nudum]

= Unio nanus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Unio crassus crassus Philipsson, 1788 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017

= Unio (Crassiana) crassus riparius C. Pfeiffer, 1821 — Falkner et al., 2002

= Unio (Crassiana) crassus riparius C. Pfeiffer, 1821 — Falkner et al., 2001

+ Unio crassus batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) — Haas, 1969

+ Unio crassus batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) — Haas, 1940

= Unio mancus var. amnicus form riparius Pfeiffer — Germain, 1931

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Socardiana) riparius C. Pfeiffer, 1821 — Germain, 1904

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. amnicus) riparius C. Pfeiffer — Locard, 1893

= Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. riparius Pfeiffer, 1821 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio riparius Pfeiffer, 1821 — Westerlund, 1890

= Unio (Amnicusiana) riparius C. Pfeiffer — Locard, 1889

= Unio (Amniciana) riparius Scholtz — Servain, 1888

= Unio riparius Scholtz, 1843 — Servain, 1885

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. fusculus) riparius C. Pfeiffer — Locard, 1882

+ Margaron (Unio) batavus (Mat. & Ract.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio (Lymnium) batavus var. E riparius C. Pfeiff. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

+ Margaron (Unio) batavus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) batava Lam. Pfeif. Flem. — Lea, 1838

= Unio riparia Pf. — Krynicki, 1837

+ Margarita (Unio) batava Lam. — Lea, 1836

+ Unio batavus Lam. — Rossmässler, 1835

= Unio riparius Pfeiffer, 1821 — Menke, 1830

= Unio riparius Pfeiffer, 1821 — Menke, 1828

= Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821 — Pfeiffer, 1821

 
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