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Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Marrone et al. (2019): summary
Full Citation
Marrone, F., G. Nardi, S. Cianfanelli, M. Govedič, S.A. Barra et al. 2019. Diversity and taxonomy of the genus Unio Philipsson in Italy, with the designation of a neotype for Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Unionidae). Zootaxa 4545(3): 339-374. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio foucaldiana Marrone et al., 2019 = Unio foucauldianus
Marrone et al., 2019. Zootaxa 4545(3): 345.
(error for Unio (Limnium) foucauldiana Pallary, 1936)
Unio tigridis ‘Bourguignat’ of Authors = Unio terminalis
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Marrone et al., 2019. Zootaxa 4545(3): 345.
(misidentified reference to Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852)
Taxonomic Opinions
Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825 = Unio elongatulus + Unio pictorum
+ Unio glaucinus Porro, 1838
+ Unio corrosus Villa, 1841
+ Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842
+ Unio sandrii Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio pictorum var. parva Stabile, 1845
+ Unio sandrii var. sericatus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio spinellii Spinelli, 1851
+ Unio petrovichii Küster, 1854
+ Unio petterianus Küster, 1854
+ Unio viridiflavus Küster, 1854
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