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

nominal species Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788

Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788 = Unio pictorum

Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: ??.
Donovan, 1801. Brit. Shells 3: pl. 89.
(misidentified reference to Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786)

= Unio pictorum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) pictorum (Lin.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio pictorumLeach, 1852

+ Mya pictorum Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817

+ Mya ovalis Donovan — Turton, 1807

+ Mya pictorumMaton & Rackett, 1807

+ Mya ovalis Pult. — Montagu, 1803

 
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