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Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822
1310695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1310695)
unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Species
- Subspecies Unio limosus behningi Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970 accepted as Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Unio limosus var. arcensis Gredler, 1894 accepted as Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Variety Unio limosus var. costanus Gredler, 1894 accepted as Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Variety Unio limosus var. fusca Wattebled, 1889 accepted as Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Unio limosus var. madranus Gredler, 1894 accepted as Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Variety Unio limosus var. maxima Mörch, 1864 accepted as Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788 (a junior synonym)
- Variety Unio limosus var. monticellensis Gredler, 1894 accepted as Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Variety Unio limosus var. recurvirostris Wattebled, 1889 accepted as Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Unio limosus var. trilacensis Gredler, 1894 accepted as Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
recent only
Nilsson S. (1823). Historia molluscorum Sveciae terrestrium et fluviatilium breviter delineata. <em>Lundae: J.H. Schuboth.</em> 124 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16362323
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Note Sweden, in rivers (“in amnibus et rivis, in...
Type locality Sweden, in rivers (“in amnibus et rivis, in Scania vulgaris”) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310695 on 2025-09-11
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Nilsson S. (1823). Historia molluscorum Sveciae terrestrium et fluviatilium breviter delineata. <em>Lundae: J.H. Schuboth.</em> 124 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16362323
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Starobogatov, Ya.I., Bogatov, V.V., Prozorova, L.A. & Saenko, E.M. (2004). Molluscs. In: Tsalolikhin, S.J. (Ed.). <em>Opredelitel' presnovodnykh bespozvonochnykh Rossii i sopredel'nykh territoriy. Vol. 6.</em> Saint-Petersburg: Nauka Publishers, pp. 6-491. (in Russian).
page(s): 35, pl. 19, figs. 1-2 [details]
source of synonymy Klishko, O.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Froufe, E.; Bogan, A.; Vasiliev, L.; Yanovich, L. (2017). Taxonomic reassessment of the freshwater mussel genus Unio (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Russia and Ukraine based on morphological and molecular data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4286(1): 93-112., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.4 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Starobogatov, Ya.I., Bogatov, V.V., Prozorova, L.A. & Saenko, E.M. (2004). Molluscs. In: Tsalolikhin, S.J. (Ed.). <em>Opredelitel' presnovodnykh bespozvonochnykh Rossii i sopredel'nykh territoriy. Vol. 6.</em> Saint-Petersburg: Nauka Publishers, pp. 6-491. (in Russian).
page(s): 35, pl. 19, figs. 1-2 [details]
source of synonymy Klishko, O.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Froufe, E.; Bogan, A.; Vasiliev, L.; Yanovich, L. (2017). Taxonomic reassessment of the freshwater mussel genus Unio (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Russia and Ukraine based on morphological and molecular data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4286(1): 93-112., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.4 [details]
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Type locality Sweden, in rivers (“in amnibus et rivis, in Scania vulgaris”) [details]
