The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio tigridis

nominal species Unio dignatus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 189.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 51 [55], pl. 17, fig. 48.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84714, R. Tigris at Bagdad, Persia.

= Unio tigridis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Jihad, 2023
+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021
+ Unio (s.s.) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Falkner, 1994
+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Schütt, 1983
+ Unio tigridis tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1969
+ Unio tigridis tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1940
= Unio (Nemrodia) dignatus Lea, 1863 — Pallary, 1939
+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Preston, 1912
+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio tigridis (Fér.) Bgt. — Westerlund, 1890
+ Unio tigridis Ferussac — Kobelt, 1886
= Margaron (Unio) dignatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio dignatus Lea , 1863 — Lea, 1866

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