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Publication Spengler (1793): summary

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Full Citation

Spengler, L. 1793. Om Slaegterne Chaena, Mya og Unio. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-selskabet 3: 16-69. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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.

Unio conus Spengler, 1793 = Unio tumidus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 60, no. 26.

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793 = Unio delphinus

Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 63, no. 28.

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793 = Unio gibbus

Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 64, no. 29.

Unio musivus Spengler, 1793 = Unio crassus

Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 67, no. 32.

Unio radiatus Spengler, 1793 = Anodonta anatina

‘O. Müller’ Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 62, no. 27.
(reference to Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774)

Unio testudinarius Spengler, 1793 = Lamellidens marginalis

Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 65, no. 30.

Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793 = Lamellidens marginalis

Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 65, no. 31.

Unio violaceus Spengler, 1793 = Elliptio complanata

Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 55, no. 22.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio auricularius = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio conus = Unio tumidus

Unio corrugatus Retz. = Parreysia corrugata

Unio crassus Retz.

Unio delphinus

Unio gibbus

Unio margaritiferus Linn. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio musivus = Unio crassus

Unio pictorum Linn.

Unio radiatus O. Müller = Anodonta anatina

Unio testudinarius = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio truncatus = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio tumidus Retz.

Unio violaceus = Elliptio complanata
 
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