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

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Publication Araujo et al. (2009): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Araujo, R., C. Toledo & A. Machordom. 2009. Redescription of Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793, a west Palaearctic freshwater mussel with hookless glochidia. Malacologia 51(1): 131-141. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio turdetanus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio tiflecticus Pallary, 1923

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidiformis

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788