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

nominal species Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio crassus

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 117, pl. 5, fig. 12.
Rossmässler, 1853. Z. Malak. 10: 92.
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798; error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

= Unio crassus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Crassiana crassa crassa (Philippson in Retzius, 1788) — Kantor et al., 2010

+ Crassiana crassa crassa (Philipsson in Retzius, 1788) — Kantor & Sysoev, 2005

+ Batavusiana (Crassunio) crassa (Philippson, 1788) — Stadnichenko, 1984

+ Margaritana crassa (Retzius, 1788) — Simpson, 1914

+ Margaritana crassa (Retzius, 1788) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio pseudolitoralis Clessin, 1875 — Westerlund, 1890

+ Unio crassus var. maximus Kobelt, 1872 — Kobelt, 1884

+ Unio batavus var. crassus Retz. — Clessin, 1877

+ Unio batavus var. pseudo-litoralis Clessin — Clessin, 1877

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio (Lymnium) crassusDrouët, 1857

+ Unio (Lymnium) crassus Philipss. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

+ Unio crassus Retz. — Küster, 1854

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] Lam. Pfeif. Des Moul. Grat. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Lamarck, 1801) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio crassus Retz. — Rossmässler, 1835

+ Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 — Menke, 1830

+ Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 — Menke, 1828

+ Unio crassus Retzius — Nilsson, 1822

 
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