WoRMS taxon details
Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
1355659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1355659)
accepted
Species
Unio tifleticus Pallary, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)
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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): 64, no. 29 [details]
page(s): 64, no. 29 [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 Iberian Peninsula and Morocco
Distribution Iberian Peninsula and Morocco [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355659 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
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): 64, no. 29 [details]
original description (of Unio tifleticus Pallary, 1923) Pallary, P. (1923). Descriptions de trois mollusques nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc, 78-79. Rabat. [31 May]
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record Graf, 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 at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 64, no. 29 [details]
original description (of Unio tifleticus Pallary, 1923) Pallary, P. (1923). Descriptions de trois mollusques nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc, 78-79. Rabat. [31 May]
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record Graf, 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 at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Iberian Peninsula and Morocco [details]Type locality Stated as "Tranquebar" what is clearly wrong since Tranquebar is localted in India [details]
