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

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species Unio desectus Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc 1879: synonymy
     0 specimens + 15 Genbank vouchers

Unio desectus Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879. Aperçu Faune Malac. Grèce: 147.
Drouët, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 22.
(Drouët) Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 73.

Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianusBank (2006)
Unio (Crassiana) crassusVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio cf. desectusLopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Unio desectusLopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

Unio bruguierianus Araujo et al., 2018
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplemental file.
(misidentified reference to Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853)

Unio desectusLopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus bruguierianusBank (2006)
Unio (Crassiana) crassusVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio cf. desectusLopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Unio desectusLopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

 
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