MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

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Summary

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography

Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026

nominal species Unio carneus Küster, 1854

Unio carneus Küster, 1854 = Unio carneus

specimen image from publication Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 103, pl. 28, figs. 1-2.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Unio carneus — Wang et al., 2025: Table S2.

= Unio carneus Küster, 1854 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2024: 15, suppl. append. 2, p. 3.

= Unio carneus — Hou et al., 2024: Table 2.

= Unio carneus — Lyubas et al., 2022: 6, 13, figs. 8A-C; Table S1, S3-S4.

+ Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 — Araujo et al., 2018: [22].

= Unio crassus carneus Kuster, 1854 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 578.

+ Unio (Crassiana) crassus Retzius, 1788 — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016: 24.

+ Unio crassus Philippson, 1788 — IUCN, 2014: [web].

= Unio crassus carneus Kuster, 1854 — Fauna Europaea, 2012: [web].

= Crassiana nana carnea (Küster, 1854) — Kantor et al., 2010: 261.

= Crassiana nana carnea (Küster, 1854) — Kantor & Sysoev, 2005: 330.

= Batavusiana (s.s.) nana carnea (Küster, 1878) — Stadnichenko, 1984: 71, fig. 23.

= Unio crassus carneus Küster, 1854 — Haas, 1969: 52.

= Unio crassus carneus Küster, 1854 — Haas, 1940: 131.

= Unio (sec. Lymnium) carneus Küster, 1854 — Simpson, 1914: 567.

= Unio (sec. Lymnium) carneus Küster, 1854 — Simpson, 1900: 696.

= Unio carneus Küster — Westerlund, 1890: 94.

+ Margaron (Unio) petterianus (Küst.) — Lea, 1870: 49.

= Unio carneus Küster — Küster, 1854: 103, pl. 28, figs. 1-2.