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

nominal species Unio requienii var. arcuata Drouët, 1857

Unio requienii var. arcuata Drouët, 1857 = Unio delphinus

Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 7, fig. 3.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 11, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio arcuata Jacquemin, 1835)

= Unio delphinus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio requieni Michaud — Germain, 1931

+ Unio (Cyrtusiana) souzanus [sic] Castro in Locard, 1889 — Germain, 1904

+ Unio (groupe de l’U. cyrtus) sousanus Castro in Locard, 1889 — Locard, 1899

+ Unio (Cyrtusiana) sousanus Castro, Nov. sp. — Locard, 1889

= Unio requienii var. arcuatus Nobis — de Joannis, 1859

 
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