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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio auricularius

nominal species Unio sinuatus compressus Moquin-Tandon, 1855

Moquin-Tandon, 1855, Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 567.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819; homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829)

= Pseudunio auricularius

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 — Westerlund, 1890
= Unio (Lymnium) sinuatus var. B compressus — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

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