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

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nominal species Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791

Lister, 1678, Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 174, pl. 4, figs. 123.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1784, Conch. Cab. 7: pl. 39, figs. 412-414.
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3285.

= corbiculid fossil

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyrena depressa Lam. — Hanley, 1843
+ Cyrena depressa — Lamarck, 1818
= Cyclas borealis n. — Lamarck, 1806

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