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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio auricularius nominal species Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791 Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean] Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean] Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 10, fig. 47. [pre-linnaean] Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2. Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5. Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4. (misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758) = Pseudunio auricularius Taxonomic Opinions+ Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 — Westerlund, 1890 + Margaritana margaritifera Linné — Clessin, 1877 + Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1870 + Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer (Linn., 1758) — Drouët, 1857 + Unio margaritifer Linné — Küster, 1855 + Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1852 + Unio sinuata Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832 + Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Pfeiffer, 1821 + Unio sinuata — Lamarck, 1819 + Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 — Schumacher, 1817 + Mya margaritifera Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817 + Mya margaritifera — Maton & Rackett, 1807 + Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bosc, 1801 + Mya margaritifera Linne — Schreibers, 1793
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