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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Spengler (1793): summary publication summary Complete CitationSpengler, L. 1793. Om Slaegterne Chaena, Mya og Unio. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-selskabet 3: 16-69. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesUnio auricularius Spengler, 1793 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean] Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 54, no. 21. Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMUC_BIV-315 (by Falkner, 1994), Berlingen near Unterseen, Switzerland. | |
Unio conus Spengler, 1793 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean] Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 60, no. 26. | |
Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793 Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 63, no. 28. | |
Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793 Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 64, no. 29. | |
Unio musivus Spengler, 1793 Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 67, no. 32. | |
Unio radiatus Spengler, 1793 ‘O. Müller’ Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 62, no. 27. (reference to Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774) | |
Unio testudinarius Spengler, 1793 Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 65, no. 30. | |
Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793 Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 65, no. 31. | |
Unio violaceus Spengler, 1793 Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 55, no. 22. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsUnio auricularius = Pseudunio auricularius Unio conus = Unio tumidus Unio corrugatus Retz. = Parreysia corrugata Unio crassus Retz. Unio delphinus Unio gibbus Unio margaritiferus Linn. = Margaritifera margaritifera Unio musivus = Unio crassus Unio pictorum Linn. Unio radiatus O. Müller = Anodonta anatina Unio testudinarius = Lamellidens marginalis Unio truncatus = Lamellidens marginalis Unio tumidus Retz. Unio violaceus = Elliptio complanata
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