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Unio tumidus

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

Subspecies:
  • † Unio tumidus ludwigi <small>Wenz, 1922</small>

Synonyms

  • Mya depressa <small>Donovan, 1801</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Mysca solida <small>W. Turton, 1822</small> junior subjective synonym
  • Unio (Tumidusiana) <small>tumidus Philipsson, 1788</small> ·
  • Unio (Unio) conus <small>Spengler, 1793</small> ·
  • Unio (Unio) muelleri <small>Rossmässler, 1838</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio (Unio) tumidus <small>Philipsson, 1788</small> ·
  • Unio conus <small>Spengler, 179</small>3 ·
  • Unio gerstfeldtianus <small>Clessin, 1880</small> · (a junior synonym)
  • Unio inflata <small>Hecart, 1833</small> (unavailable; a junior homonym of Unio inflatus <small>Studer, 1820</small>)
  • Unio lauterborni <small>F. Haas, 1909</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio limosus var. maxima <small>Mörch, 1864</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio muelleri <small>Rossmässler, 1838</small> ·
  • Unio ovalis <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small> ·
  • Unio rhenanus <small>Kobelt, 1886</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus gerstfeldtianus <small>Clessin, 1880</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus ilekensis <small>Kobelt, 1911</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus <small>Zhadin, 1938</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis <small>Kobelt, 1880</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. corrosus <small>Zelebor, 1851</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. falcatulus <small>Drouët, 1881</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. fridmani <small>Zhadin, 1938</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. heckingi <small>Colbeau, 1868</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. kobeltianus <small>Zhadin, 1938</small> ·
  • Unio tumidus var. limicola <small>Mörch, 1864</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. moltschanovi <small>Zhadin, 1938</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. okae <small>Kobelt, 1911</small> (invalid; junior homonym of Unio...)
  • Unio tumidus var. picta <small>Mörch, 1864</small> ·
  • Unio tumidus var. rohrmanni <small>Kobelt, 1880</small> (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. saccatus <small>Rossmässler, 1858</small> (a junior synonym)

Distribution

Its native distribution is European.

References

External links

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