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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Diaurora aurorea (Heude, 1883): synonymy
     2 specimens

Unio auroreus Heude, 1883
Heude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 57, fig. 106.

Parreysia (Aurora) auroreaSimpson (1900)
Parreysia (Diaurora) auroreaSimpson (1914)
Diaurora auroreaHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Dang et al. (1980), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022), Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Parreysia (Diaurora) auroreusThiele (1934)
Liu et al. (1979)
Acuticosta auroreaWu et al. (1999)
Diaurora aurora [sic]Prozorova et al. (2005)
Parreysia aurora [sic]Hu (2005)
Parreysia auroreaXiong et al. (2012)
Acuticosta aurorae [sic]Soliman et al. (2016)

Diaurora aurora Prozorova et al., 2005
‘Heude’ Prozorova et al., 2005. Byull. Dal'nev. Malak.Obshch. 9: 52.
Hu, 2005. Chinese J. Zool. 40: [3] [as ‘Parreysia aurora’].

Unio arboreus IUCN, 2012
‘Heude’ IUCN, 2012. IUCN Red List: [web].

Diaurora auroreaIUCN (2012)

Acuticosta aurorae Soliman et al., 2016
Soliman et al., 2016. Egypt. J. Zool. 66: 123.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (Aurora) auroreaSimpson (1900)
Parreysia (Diaurora) auroreaSimpson (1914)
Diaurora auroreaHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Dang et al. (1980), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022), Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Parreysia (Diaurora) auroreusThiele (1934)
Liu et al. (1979)
Acuticosta auroreaWu et al. (1999)
Diaurora aurora [sic]Prozorova et al. (2005)
Parreysia aurora [sic]Hu (2005)
Parreysia auroreaXiong et al. (2012)
Acuticosta aurorae [sic]Soliman et al. (2016)

 
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