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

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Publication Heude (1883): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Heude, M.P. 1883. Conchyliologie Fluviatile de la Provoince de Nanking (8): pls. 57-65. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 18 available nominal species attributed to this publication (21 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Unio abortivus Heude = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

Unio apicellatus Heude = Ptychorhynchus murinum

Unio auroreus Heude = Diaurora aurorea

Unio cornuum lunae Heude = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

Unio cumingii Lea = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Unio distortus Heude = Lanceolaria triformis

Unio lampreyanus Baird and Adams = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Unio mediastinus Heude = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Unio moreletianus Heude = Lamprotula kouangensis

Unio murinus Heude = Ptychorhynchus murinum

Unio paschalis Heude = Lamprotula paschalis

Unio pinchonianus Heude = Ptychorhynchus murinum

Unio retiarius Heude = Acuticosta retiaria

Unio retortus Heude = Aculamprotula tortuosa

Unio sinensis [sic] var. a laevis Heude = Acuticosta chinensis

Unio sinensis [sic] var. B squammosus Lea = Acuticosta chinensis

Unio subtortus Baird and Adams = Aculamprotula tortuosa

Unio tientsinensis Crosse et Debeaux = Aculamprotula tientsinensis

Unio trisulcatus Heude = Acuticosta trisulcata

Unio verruculosus Heude = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

Unio vestitus var. b Heude = Schistodesmus spinosus

Unio vestitus, var. a Heude = Acuticosta ovata

Unio zonatus Heude = Aculamprotula zonata