Swollen_river_mussel

<i>Unio tumidus</i>

Unio tumidus

Species of bivalve

Unio tumidus, the swollen river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[3]

Subspecies
  • † Unio tumidus ludwigi Wenz, 1922

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Synonyms

  • Mya depressa Donovan, 1801 (a junior synonym)
  • Mysca solida W. Turton, 1822 junior subjective synonym
  • Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidus Philipsson, 1788 ·
  • Unio (Unio) conus Spengler, 1793 ·
  • Unio (Unio) muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio (Unio) tumidus Philipsson, 1788 ·
  • Unio conus Spengler, 1793 ·
  • Unio gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 · (a junior synonym)
  • Unio inflata Hecart, 1833 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Unio inflatus Studer, 1820)
  • Unio lauterborni F. Haas, 1909 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio limosus var. maxima Mörch, 1864 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 ·
  • Unio ovalis (Montagu, 1803) ·
  • Unio rhenanus Kobelt, 1886 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus ilekensis Kobelt, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. corrosus Zelebor, 1851 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. falcatulus Drouët, 1881 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. fridmani Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau, 1868 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. kobeltianus Zhadin, 1938 ·
  • Unio tumidus var. limicola Mörch, 1864 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. moltschanovi Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. okae Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; junior homonym of Unio...)
  • Unio tumidus var. picta Mörch, 1864 ·
  • Unio tumidus var. rohrmanni Kobelt, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1858 (a junior synonym)

Distribution

Its native distribution is European.[1][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Van Damme, D. (2011). "Unio tumidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156111A4898810. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T156111A4898810.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182708 on 2023-01-09
  4. [4]
    "Unio tumidus Philipson, 1788". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. [5]
    (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  6. [6]
    Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  7. [7]
    Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
  8. [8]
    Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  9. [9]
    Swollen river mussel – Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
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