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

nominal species Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786

Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786 = Unio crassus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983.

= Unio crassus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaron (Unio) batavus (Mat. & Ract.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio (Mysca) limosus Nilss. — Mörch, 1863

+ Margaron (Unio) batavus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) batava Lam. Pfeif. Flem. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) batava Lam. — Lea, 1836

+ Mya batava Maton and Rackett — Dillwyn, 1817

= Unio ovalisRetzius, 1788

 
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