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freshwater mussels
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Mon 2 March 2026

nominal species Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840

Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Bonhomme, 1840. Mém. Aveyron 2: 460.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 578.

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016: 59.

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Araujo et al., 2009: 21.

= Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera brunnea (Bonhomme, 1840) — Falkner et al., 2002: 55.

= Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera brunnea (Bonhomme, 1840) — Falkner et al., 2001: 66.

+ Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969: 11.

+ Margaritifera margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1940: 120.

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linné) — Germain, 1931: 717.

+ — Simpson, 1914.

= Margaritana brunnea Bonhomme — Locard, 1893: 150.

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Lin.) — Westerlund, 1890: 186.

= Margaritana brunnea Bonhomme — Locard, 1889: 123.

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1870: 55.

+ Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier — Reeve, 1865: pl. 22, sp. 98.

+ Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer var. minor Rossm., 1835 — Drouët, 1857: 206.

+ Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer var. D minor Rossm. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855: 566.

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1852: 34.