MolluscaBase - Unio gibbus L. Spengler, 1793

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Unio gibbus L. Spengler, 1793

AphiaID

1355659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1355659)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Unio gibbus L. Spengler, 1793

Synonymised names

Unio tifleticus Pallary, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)

Unio turdetanus Drouët, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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 Mya, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 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]

Type data

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]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Iberian Peninsula and Morocco

Distribution Iberian Peninsula and Morocco [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Unio gibbus L. Spengler, 1793. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355659 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-07-04 11:56:32Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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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 Mya, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 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]

original description (of Unio turdetanus Drouët, 1893) Drouёt H. (1893). Unionidae nouveaux ou peu connus (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie. 41: 167-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15861790
page(s): 172-173 [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. Hydrobiologia. 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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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]