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

nominal species Unio cuneatus Rossmässler, 1854

Unio cuneatus Rossmässler, 1854 = Potomida littoralis

‘Jacq.’ Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37, pl. 69, fig. 851.
(reference to Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835)

= Potomida littoralis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Unio astierianus Dupuy, 1849 — Westerlund, 1890

+ Unio astieranus [sic] Dupuy, 1850 — Sowerby, 1868

+ Unio (Lymnium) littoralis var. cuneatus Jacq., 1835 — Drouët, 1857

 
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