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Unio
Philipsson, 1788
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Unioninae (Subfamily)
..Acuticosta (Genus)
..Afronaia (Genus)
..Afroparreysia (Genus)
..Anodontini (Tribe)
..Arcidopsis (Genus)
..Arconaia (Genus)
..Cafferia (Genus)
..Canthyria (Genus)
..Caudiculatus (Genus)
..Chamberlainia (Genus)
..Crassunio (Genus)
..Ctenodesma (Genus)
..Cuneopsis (Genus)
..Diaurora (Genus)
..Elongaria (Genus)
..Haasodonta (Genus)
..Heudeana (Genus)
..Hyriopsis (Genus)
..Inversidens (Genus)
..Lanceolaria (Genus)
..Leguminaia (Genus)
..Mesafra (Genus)
..Microcondylaea (Genus)
..Middendorffinaia (Genus)
..Nephronaias (Genus)
..Nodularia (Genus)
..Oxynaia (Genus)
..†Palindonaia (Genus)
..Physunio (Genus)
..Pressidens (Genus)
..Prisodontopsis (Genus)
..Prohyriopsis (Genus)
..Prolancealaria (Genus)
..Pronodularia (Genus)
..Protunio (Genus)
..Pseudoleguminaia (Genus)
..Pseudoparreysia (Genus)
..Pseudopotomida (Genus)
..Ptychorhynchus (Genus)
..Scabies (Genus)
..Schistodesmus (Genus)
..Solenaia (Genus)
..Unionetta (Genus)
..Unionini (Tribe)
..Unio (Genus)
....Eolymnium (Subgenus)
....Unio (Subgenus)
....Unio caffer (Species)
....Unio crassus (Species)
....Unio douglasiae (Species)
....Unio durieui (Species)
....Unio mancus (Species)
....Unio marteli (Species)
....Unio mauretanicum (Species)
....Unio pictorum (Species)
....Unio ravoisieri (Species)
....Unio rhomboideus (Species)
....Unio terminalis (Species)
....Unio tigridus (Species)
....Unio tumidus (Species)
....Unio turtoni (Species)
....Unio woodianus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
L.M. Philipsson, 1788
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Philipsson, L.M. 1788.
Diss. Nova Test. Gen.
: 16.
≡
Description/Diagnosis in Latin
:
loc. cit.
Attributes
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987.
Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.
: 183 ("Philipsson, 1788") (Opinion 495).
Types
Type of
:
Unioninae
(Subfamily)
Rafinesque, 1820
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Unio
(Subgenus)
Philipsson, 1788
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 360.
[inferred]
Type
:
Unio pictorum
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Junior objective synonym
:
Limnaea
(Genus)
Poli, 1791, nom. illeg.
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987
: 117 (Opinion 495).
Including
:
Chondrostes
(Genus)
Gistl, 1850[1847]
Ref:
Haas, F. 1935:
858
.
[implicit]
Including
:
Nodularia
(Genus)
Conrad, 1853
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 360.
Including
:
Nodularidia
(Genus)
Cockerell, 1901, nom. illeg.
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 360.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
schildersmossels
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