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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio auricularius
nominal species Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793
Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 = Pseudunio auricularius
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 54, no. 21.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMUC_BIV-315 (by Falkner, 1994: __), Berlingen near Unterseen, Switzerland.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 287.
= Pseudunio auricularius — Chen et al., 2025: Table 1.
= Pseudunio auricularius — Zieritz et al., 2024: Table S1.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Nakamura et al., 2024: 1, fig. 1.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Prié et al., 2023: Supplemental Material 2, p. 3.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 25.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Príe et al., 2021: 2934, Table 1.
= Pseudunio auricularius — Zieritz et al., 2021: 3176.
= Pseudunio auricularius — Riccardi et al., 2020: 750.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Múrria et al., 2020: Table S1 [S2].
= Pseudunio auricularia — Wu et al., 2020: 195.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Sano et al., 2020: 99.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Soroka, 2020: 600.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Lyubas et al., 2019: 8, fig. 6, Table 3.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Vikhrev et al., 2019: 2, fig. 5, Table 3.
= Pseudunio auricularius — Guerra et al., 2019: 3.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Araujo et al., 2018: [5].
= Margaritifera auricularia — Vikhrev et al., 2018: 73, appendix 5.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Huang et al., 2018: 302.
= Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018: 103, Table 3.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Prié et al., 2018: 158.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 576, Table S1.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [16], Table S1.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Välilä et al., 2017: 97.
= Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia — Bolotov et al., 2016: 107, 111.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Araujo et al., 2016: 290, Table 3.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Bolotov et al., 2015: 7.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Takeuchi et al., 2015: 220.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Prié & Puillandre, 2014: [5].
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Prie et al., 2014: 82.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Inoue et al., 2013: 287.
= Margaritifera auricularia Spengler, 1793 — Fauna Europaea, 2012: [web].
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Prie et al., 2012: 08p7.
= Margaritifera auricularia Spengler, 1793 — Bogan, 2010: [20].
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Graf & Cummings, 2009: 228.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Araujo et al., 2009: 95.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Araujo et al., 2009: 13, figs. 2-4.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Araujo et al., 2009: 132.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Graf, 2007: 88.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 312.
= Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 95, fig. 2E.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Giribet et al., 2006: 7726.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Walker et al., 2006: 271.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Huff et al., 2004: 381.
= Margaritifera auricularia — Machordom et al., 2003: 237.
= Pseudunio auricularius auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Falkner et al., 2002: 55.
= Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — D.G. Smith, 2001: 40, 42.
= Pseudunio auricularius auricularius (Spengler, 1793) — Falkner et al., 2001: 66.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Nagel & Badino, 2001: 52.
= Margaritifera auricularia Sprengler, 1793 [sic] — Bába, 2000: 135, fig. 4.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Daget, 1998: 16.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Nagel et al., 1998: 100.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Ziuganov et al., 1994: 59.
= Pseudunio auricularius — Falkner, 1994: 139, figs. 1-2.
= Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 35, fig. 152.
= Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Van Damme, 1984: 52.
= Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969: 13.
= Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969: N415, fig. D16:2.
= Margaritifera auricularia auricularia (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1940: 119.
= Margaritana (Potomida) auricularius (Spengler) — Thiele, 1934: 816.
= Margaritana auricularia (Spengler) — Germain, 1931: 718, pl. 26, fig. 609.
= Margaritana auricularia Spengler — Haas, 1924: 78, pl. 5, figs. 16-17.
+ Margaritana crassa (Retzius, 1788) — Simpson, 1914: 518.
+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) — Preston, 1912: 285.
+ Margaritana crassa (Retzius, 1788) — Simpson, 1900: 678, 676.
= Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 — Westerlund, 1890: 50.
+ Margaron (Unio) crassus (Retz.) — Lea, 1870: 62.
+ Margaron (Unio) crassus (Retz.) — Lea, 1852: 39.
+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Fer. Des Moul. Grat. — Lea, 1838: 26.
= Margarita (Unio) auricularis [sic] (Spengler, 1793) — Lea, 1836: 40.
= Unio auricularius — Spengler, 1793: 54.
