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

nominal species Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1806

Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1806 = Unio crassus

‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 11, fig. 5.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Unio crassus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio consentaneus (Ziegler) Rossmässler — Germain, 1931

+ Unio (Ateriana) brevierei Bourguignat in Locard — Locard, 1889

+ Unio (Groupe de l’U. Philippei) philippei [sic] Dupuy — Locard, 1882

+ Unio margaritifer Linné — Küster, 1855

+ Unio sinuatus (Lamk.) — Gassies, 1849

+ Unio aterNilsson, 1822

 
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