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

nominal species Unio melas Locard, 1882

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Unio melas Locard, 1882 = Unio nanus

Coutagne in Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 285, 355.
‘Coutagne’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 128 [22].
‘Coutagne’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 155, fig. 169.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22363, Saulcy-sur-Meurthe (Vosges) [written on shell].

= Unio nanus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

+ Unio mancus var. amnicus Ziegler — Germain, 1931

+ Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Melasiana) melas Coutagne — Germain, 1904

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. melas) melas Coutagne — Locard, 1893

+ Westerlund, 1890

= Unio (Melasiana) melas Coutagne — Locard, 1889

= Unio (Groupe de l’U. crassus) melas Coutagne, 1881, Mss. — Locard, 1882

 
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