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

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species Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852: synonymy
     31 specimens + 7 Genbank vouchers

Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 31.
Bourguignat, 1853. Catalogue Raissoné des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M.F. Saulcy 1853: 76, pl. 4, figs. 7-9.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) terminalisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio terminalisPreston (1912), Thiele (1934), Schütt (1988), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Unio (Eolymnium) terminalisPrashad (1919), Haas (1969)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Eolymnium (s.s.) terminalisZatravkin (1983)
Unio (s.s.) terminalisFalkner (1994)
Unio tigridisAraujo et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio grelloisianus Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Rev. Mag. Zool. 8: 227, pl. 15, figs. 1-4.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) grelloisianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio jordanicus Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Rev. Mag. Zool. 8: 228, pl. 10, figs. 1-4.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) grelloisianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio lunulifer Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Rev. Mag. Zool. 8: 227, pl. 11, figs. 5-8.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) grelloisianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio grelloisianus var. giganteus Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Rev. Mag. Zool. 8: ??.
(homonym of Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio grelloisianus Bourguignat, 1856)

Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940)

Unio ellipsoideus Locard, 1883
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 211, pl. 21, figs. 1-3.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) ellipsoideusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio genezarethanus Locard, 1883
‘Letourneux’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 213, pl. 21, fig. 4-6.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) ellipsoideusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio lorteti Locard, 1883
‘Locard’ Lortet, 1880. C. R. Acad. Sci. 91: 502. [nomen nudum]
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 215, 245, pl. 21, figs. 7-12.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalis delicatusSchütt (1983)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio pietri Locard, 1883
‘Locard’ Lortet, 1880. C. R. Acad. Sci. 91: 502. [nomen nudum]
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 210, pl. 20, figs. 17-19.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio prosacrus Locard, 1883
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 219, pl. 21, figs. 16-17.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio raymondi Locard, 1883
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 208.

Simpson (1914)
Unio raymondiHaas (1924)
Unio elongatulus eucirrusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio tiberiadensis Locard, 1883
‘Letourneux’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 216, pl. 21, figs. 13-15.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio tristrami Locard, 1883
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 209, pl. 20, figs. 15-16.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio zabulonicus Locard, 1883
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 220, pl. 22, figs. 11-13.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) zabulonicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio herodes Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
Kobelt & Rolle, 1895. Iconogr. Land-Süßw.-Moll., Supplement 1 (1-4): 17, pl. 6, fig. 4.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) ellipsoideusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio kisonis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
Kobelt & Rolle, 1895. Iconogr. Land-Süßw.-Moll., Supplement 1 (1-4): 17, pl. 7, figs. 2-3.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio tigridisPreston (1912)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio raymondopsis Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 30, pl. 525, fig. 2724.

Simpson (1914)
Unio elongatulus eucirrusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio tigridis Araujo et al., 2018
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Marrone et al., 2019. Zootaxa 4545(3): 345.
(misidentified reference to Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852)

Unio terminalisLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio lunifer Lea, 1870
‘Bourg’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
(error for Unio lunulifer Bourguignat, 1856)

Unio petroi Paetel, 1890
‘Loc.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 163.
(error for Unio pietri Locard, 1883)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) terminalisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) grelloisianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) ellipsoideusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) pietriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) zabulonicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio terminalisPreston (1912), Thiele (1934), Schütt (1988), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Príe et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Unio tigridisPreston (1912), Araujo et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Simpson (1914)
Unio (Eolymnium) terminalisPrashad (1919), Haas (1969)
Unio raymondiHaas (1924)
Unio tigridis terminalisHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio elongatulus eucirrusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Eolymnium (s.s.) terminalisZatravkin (1983)
Unio terminalis delicatusSchütt (1983)
Unio (s.s.) terminalisFalkner (1994)

 
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