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

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species Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853: synonymy
     1 specimen + 70 Genbank vouchers

Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 29.
(homonym of Unio orientalis Lea, 1840; renamed Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieuiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianusBank (2006)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 29 [as ‘Unio orientalis’].
Bourguignat, 1853. Catalogue Raissoné des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M.F. Saulcy 1853: 78, pl. 2, figs. 54-56.
(new name for Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieuiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1952), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Fauna Europaea (2012), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianusFalkner (1994), Bank (2006)
Unio crassusIUCN (2014)
Unio bruguierianusAraujo et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

Unio prusii Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Aménités Malacol. 1: 160, pl. 12, figs. 1-4.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieuiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio schwerzenbachi Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Aménités Malacol. 1: 159, pl. 14, figs. 1-5.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieuiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio vescoi Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Aménités Malacol. 1: 157, pl. 11, figs. 4-8.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieuiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, fig. 5.

Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio turcicus Küster, 1862
‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_47-5-28-1-2, Brussna.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) batavusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio desectus f. pursacensis Sturany, 1902
Sturany, 1902. S. Ber. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien 111: 138, pl. 2, figs. 10-11.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio desectus Westerlund & Blanc, 1879)

Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio ancyrensis Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 32, pl. 526, fig. 2727.

Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio ancyrensis var. louisei Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 32, pl. 526, fig. 2726.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ancyrensis Kobelt, 1913)

Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio crassus Araujo et al., 2018
‘Philipsson’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio bruguierianusLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Unio swerzenbackii Lea, 1870
‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
(error for Unio schwerzenbachi Bourguignat, 1856)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieuiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) batavusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1952), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Fauna Europaea (2012), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianusFalkner (1994), Bank (2006)
Unio crassusIUCN (2014)
Unio bruguierianusAraujo et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

 
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