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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini | Potomida littoralis

nominal species Unio littoralis var. minor Rossmässler, 1842

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Unio littoralis var. minor Rossmässler, 1842 = Potomida littoralis

Rossmässler, 1842. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (5): 14, pl. 55, figs. 743. [in part]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798; homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4431, Carcassonne, S. Frankreich.

= Potomida littoralis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Groupe Rhomboïdeana) rhomboideus ve minor Rossm. — Caziot, 1907

= Unio (Rhomboïdiana) rhomboideus minor Rossmässler — Germain, 1904

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. minor Rossmässler, 1842 — Paetel, 1890

+ Unio litoralis [sic] Cuv., 1798 — Westerlund, 1890

= Unio rhomboïdeus var. minor Moq. — de Joannis, 1859

= Unio (Lymnium) littoralis var. minor Rossm., 1842 — Drouët, 1857

= Unio (Lymnium) rhomboideus var. D minor Rossm. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

+ Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck — Küster, 1855

= Unio littoralis var. minorRossmässler, 1842

 
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