MolluscaBase taxon details
Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793
1355512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1355512)
accepted
Species
Unio dactylus Morelet, 1845 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Unio dactylus I. Lea, 1840)
Unio hispanus Rossmässler, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio hispanus var. sevillensis Kobelt, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio hispanus var. sphenoides Westerlund, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 63, no. 28 [details]
page(s): 63, no. 28 [details]
Note Stated as "Tranquebar" what is clearly wrong...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Stated as "Tranquebar" what is clearly wrong since Tranquebar is localted in India [details]
Distribution Atlantic basins of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco
Distribution Atlantic basins of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355512 on 2025-03-30
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original description
Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 63, no. 28 [details]
original description (of Unio hispanus Rossmässler, 1844) Rossmässler, E. A. (1838-1844). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 2 (1/2) [7/8]: 4 + 1-44. pl 31-40 [≥ June 1838]; (1) 2 (3/4) [9-10]: I-IV + 1-46. pl. 41-50 [≥ Sept. 1839]; (1) 2 (5) [11]: I-IV + 1–15. pl. 51–55 [≥ June 1842]; (1) 2 (6) [12]: I-IV + 1-37. pl. 56-60 [≥Sept. 1844]. [Dresden und Leipzig (Arnoldische Buchhandlung)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24986222
page(s): 2(6): 26, pl. 56, fig. 747 [details]
original description (of Unio hispanus var. sphenoides Westerlund, 1892) Westerlund, C. A. (1892). Spicilegium Malacologicum. Neue Binnen-Conchylien in der paläarktischen Region. III. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 24 (11/12): 185-201. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15600690
page(s): 201 [details]
original description (of Unio dactylus Morelet, 1845) Morelet, A. (1845). <i>Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal</i>. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 [+ 1]., 14 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12988736
page(s): 110, pl. 14, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845) Morelet, A. (1845). <i>Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal</i>. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 [+ 1]., 14 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12988736
page(s): 111, pl. 14, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. <em>Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen.</em> A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 63, no. 28 [details]
original description (of Unio hispanus Rossmässler, 1844) Rossmässler, E. A. (1838-1844). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 2 (1/2) [7/8]: 4 + 1-44. pl 31-40 [≥ June 1838]; (1) 2 (3/4) [9-10]: I-IV + 1-46. pl. 41-50 [≥ Sept. 1839]; (1) 2 (5) [11]: I-IV + 1–15. pl. 51–55 [≥ June 1842]; (1) 2 (6) [12]: I-IV + 1-37. pl. 56-60 [≥Sept. 1844]. [Dresden und Leipzig (Arnoldische Buchhandlung)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24986222
page(s): 2(6): 26, pl. 56, fig. 747 [details]
original description (of Unio hispanus var. sphenoides Westerlund, 1892) Westerlund, C. A. (1892). Spicilegium Malacologicum. Neue Binnen-Conchylien in der paläarktischen Region. III. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 24 (11/12): 185-201. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15600690
page(s): 201 [details]
original description (of Unio dactylus Morelet, 1845) Morelet, A. (1845). <i>Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal</i>. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 [+ 1]., 14 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12988736
page(s): 110, pl. 14, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845) Morelet, A. (1845). <i>Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal</i>. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 [+ 1]., 14 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12988736
page(s): 111, pl. 14, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. <em>Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen.</em> A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
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