MolluscaBase name details
original description
Michelin H. (1831). Lymnoeus rubiginosus. <em>Magasin de Zoologie, journal destiné à Établir une correspondance entre les Zoologists de tous les pays, et à leur faciliter les moyens de publierles espèces nouvelles ou peu conneus qu'ils possedent. 2me sect. Mollusques et Zoophytes.</em> 1: No. 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088794 [details]
basis of record
ICZN. (1957). Opinion 495. Designation under the plenary powers of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage for the nominal genus “<i>Unio</i>” Philippson, 1788 (class Pelecypoda) and validation under the same powers of the family-group name “Margaritiferidae” Haas, 1940. <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 17: 289-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34651834 [details]