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

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Publication Marrone et al. (2019): summary
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Complete Citation

Marrone, F., G. Nardi, S. Cianfanelli, M. Govedič, S.A. Barra et al. 2019. Diversity and taxonomy of the genus Unio Philipsson in Italy, with the designation of a neotype for Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Unionidae). Zootaxa 4545(3): 339-374. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio delphinus

Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825 = Unio pictorum
+ Unio glaucinus Porro, 1838
+ Unio corrosus Villa, 1841
+ Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842
+ Unio sandrii Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio pictorum var. parva Stabile, 1845
+ Unio sandrii var. sericatus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio spinellii Spinelli, 1851
+ Unio petrovichii Küster, 1854
+ Unio petterianus Küster, 1854
+ Unio viridiflavus Küster, 1854
+ Unio requienii var. blauneri Stabile, 1859
+ Unio requienii var. oriliensis Stabile, 1859
+ Unio requienii var. vulgaris Stabile, 1859
+ Unio ovalis var. intercedens Gredler, 1860
+ Unio fiscallianus Kobelt, 1873
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Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio foucaldianus [sic] = Unio foucauldianus

Unio mancus mancus = Unio mancus

Unio mancus requienii = Unio mancus

Unio mancus turtonii = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum

Unio ravoisieri

Unio tigridis

Unio tumidus