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

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Publication Rossmässler (1835): summary
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Complete Citation

Rossmässler, E.A. 1835. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten 1 (2). 26 pp., pls. 6-10. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 3 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Unio ater Nilss. = Unio crassus

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio nanus
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio rugatus Menke, 1828
+ Unio fusculus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio piscinalis Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio labacensis Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio amnicus Rossmässler, 1836

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio bonellii Fér. = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830

Unio crassus Retz. = Unio tumidus
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802

Unio crassus Retz.

Unio decurvatus mihi = Unio nanus

Unio elongatulus Mühlf.

Unio margaritifer var. minor mihi = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio elongata Michaud, 1831

Unio platyrhynchus mihi = Unio pictorum