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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio tumidus

nominal species Unio tumidulus Locard, 1889

Rossmässler, 1836, Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (3): pl. 14, fig. 203 [as ‘Unio tumidus’].
Rossmässler, 1838, Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): pl. 40, fig. 542 [as ‘Unio tumidus’].
Locard, 1889, Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 176 [70], 261 [155].
Locard, 1893, Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 213.
(homonym of Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22586, La Seine à Rouen (Seine-Inférieure).

= Unio tumidus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1969
+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1940
+ Unio tumidus Philippson — Germain, 1931
+ Unio tumidus Philippsson — Germain, 1908
= Unio (Groupe de l’U. tumidus) tumidulus Locard — Locard, 1893
+ Unio tumidus var. mülleri Rssm. — Westerlund, 1890
= Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidulus Locard, Nov. sp. — Locard, 1889

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