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Unio rubens Menke, 1828
1461704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1461704)
unaccepted (a junior synonym)
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Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 64, 90 [details]
page(s): 64, 90 [details]
Note Germany, Wupper River near Barmen Town...
Type locality Germany, Wupper River near Barmen Town (nowadays part of Wuppertal City) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio rubens Menke, 1828. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1461704 on 2025-09-12
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Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 64, 90 [details]
basis of record Nagel, K.-O. (2025). Type catalog of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) in the collection of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 154(1): 79-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/154/79-241
page(s): 144, fig. 123 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 64, 90 [details]
basis of record Nagel, K.-O. (2025). Type catalog of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) in the collection of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 154(1): 79-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/154/79-241
page(s): 144, fig. 123 [details] Available for editors

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Type locality Germany, Wupper River near Barmen Town (nowadays part of Wuppertal City) [details]