original description(ofUnio incurvus I. Lea, 1831)Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630 page(s): 97, pl. 13, fig. 27 [details]
original description(ofUnio calderoni Kobelt, 1888)Kobelt, W. (1887-1888). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 3 (1/2): 1–12, pl. 61–70 [15. Apr. 1887]; (2) 3 (3/4): 13–36, pl. 71–80 [6. Oct. 1887]; (2) 3 (5/6): 37–60, pl. 81–90 [10. March 1888]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel). page(s): 54, pl. 88, fig. 494 [details]
original description(ofUnio marteli Pallary, 1918)Pallary, P. (1918). Diagnoses d'une cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 9 (7): 137-152. Alger. [15 July] page(s): 151-152 [details]
original description(ofUnio littoralis var. bucheti Pallary, 1899)Pallary, P. (1899). Deuxième contribution à l'étude de la faune malacologique du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Supplement à "La faune malacologique du Maroc" de A. Morelet. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 46 (2): 49-170, pls 5-9. Paris. [9 February]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920448 page(s): 151 [details]
original description(ofRhombunio asananus Pallary, 1928)Pallary, P. (1928). Notice sur seize mollusques nouveaux du Maroc découverts en 1926-1927. Journal de Conchyliologie, 72 (1): 1-24, pl. 1-4. Paris. [25 August] page(s): 20-21, pl. 3 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description(ofUnio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831)Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1831). <i>Complément de l'Histoire des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud</i>. i-xvi, 1-116, Errata (1 p.), 1-12, pls 14-16. [December]. Verdun: Lippmann. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33246815 page(s): 111 [details]
original description(ofUnio unduliferus Küster, 1861)Küster, H. C. (1839-1862). Die Flussperlmuscheln (<i>Unio et Hyria</i>). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>, Bd 9(2): 1-318, pls 1-100, 18*. Published in parts: pls 6, 10-11 (1839); pls 14-16 (1842); 1-40, pls 1-2, 5, 7, 13-25 (1848); 41-64, pls 8, 9, 12, 17, 23-24 (1852); 65-88, pls 18-22, 18* (1853); 89-120, pls 27-32 (1854); 121-136, pls 33-44 (1855); 137-160, pls 45-54 (1856); pls 61-66 (1857); pls 55-60, 67-71, 77 (1860); 161-256, pls 72-76, 78-83, 85-88 (1861); 257-318, pls 84, 89-100 (1862). <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet.</em> 9(2): 161-256, plates 72, 75-76, 78-83, 85-88., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915196 page(s): 162, pl. 46, fig. 4 [details]
original description(ofUnio barraudi Bonhomme, 1840)Bonhomme J. (1840). Notice sur les Mollusques bivalves fluviatiles observées jusqu'à ce jour aux environs de Rodez. <em>Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et arts de l'Aveyron.</em> 2: 429-431. page(s): 430 [details]
original description(ofUnio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855)Moquin-Tandon, A. (1855-1856). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de France, Tome premier (1): i-viii, 1-14 + Atlas: 1-16, pl. 1-9 (12 April 1855); (2): 145-256 + Atlas: 17-32, pl. 10-18 (4 May 1855); (3): 257-416 + Atlas: 33-48, pl. 19-27 (1 August 1855). Tome second (4): i-iii, 1-176 + Atlas: 49-64, pl. 28-36 (10 September 1855); (5): 177-368 + Atlas: 65-80, pl. 37-45 (2 January 1856); (6): 369-646 + Atlas: i-iii, 81-92, pl. 46-54 (9 April 1856). Paris (J.-B. Baillière)., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32068638 page(s): 568, pl. 48, figs 4-9, pl. 49, figs 1, 2 [details]
original description(ofUnio pianensis Farines, 1834)Farines, J. N. (1834). Description de trois espèces nouvelles vivantes du Département des Pyrénées-Orientales. 1-8, pl. [1]. Perpignan. (Alzine). page(s): 1 [details]
basis of recordFroufe, E.; Prié, V.; Faria, J.; Ghamizi, M.; Gonçalves, D. V.; Gürlek, M. E.; Karaouzas, I.; Kebapçi, Ü.; Şereflişan, H.; Sobral, C.; Sousa, R.; Teixeira, A.; Varandas, S.; Zogaris, S.; Lopes-Lima, M. (2016). Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: News from a freshwater mussel (<i>Potomida</i>, Unionida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 100: 322-332., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.030[details]
additional sourceGraf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online athttp://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/[details]
additional sourceGraf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5 page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Distribution Western Palearctic, including northern Africa [details] Type locality France, common in the Seine [details]