original description(ofUnio emarginatus I. Lea, 1834)Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690 page(s): 62, pl. 9, fig. 22 [details]
original description(ofUnio fascellinus Locard, 1882)Locard, A. (1882). Prodrome de malacologie française. [I]. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques terrestres, des eaux douces et des eaux saumâtres. vi + 462 pp. Lyon: Henri Georg. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11111180 page(s): 295, 364 [details]
original description(ofUnio valentinus Rossmässler, 1854)Rossmässler, E. A. (1854-1858). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken Europa's, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung kritischer und noch nicht abgebildeter Arten. (1) 3 (1/2) [13-14]: I-VIII + 1–39. pl. 61-70 [≥ Sept. 1854]; (1) 3 (3/4) [15-16]: I-VIII + 41-77. pl. 71-80 [≥ Aug. 1856]; (1) 3 (5/6) [17-18]: I-VIII + 81-140. pl. 81-90 [Dez. 1858]. [Dresden and Leipzig (Arnoldische Buchhandlung und Hermann Costenoble)]. page(s): 37, pl. 69, fig. 852 [details]
original description(ofUnio voltzii var. ursannensis Kobelt, 1911)Kobelt, W. (1910-1911). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 17 (1/2): 1-24, pl. 451-460 [Aug. 1910]; (2) 17 (3/4): 25-40, pl. 461-470 [March 1911]; (2) 17 (5/6): 41-60, pl. 471-480 [Aug. 1911]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel)., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16254264 page(s): 34, pl. 467, figs 2516-2517 [details]
taxonomy sourceMarrone F., Nardi G., Cianfanelli S., Govedič M., Barra S.A., Arculeo M. & Bodon M. (2019). Diversity and taxonomy of the genus <i>Unio</i> Philipsson in Italy, with the designation of a neotype for <i>Unio elongatulus</i> C. Pfeiffer (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Unionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4545(3): 339-374., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.2[details] Available for editors [request]
basis of recordFroufe, E.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Riccardi, N.; Zaccara, S.; Vanetti, I.; Lajtner, J.; Teixeira, A.; Varandas, S.; Prié, V.; Zieritz, A.; Sousa, R.; Bogan, A. E. (2017). Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast. <em>Biodiversity and Conservation.</em> 26(14): 3255-3274., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1403-z[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Spain to Italy, in basins draining to the Mediterranean [details] Type locality "Bourgogne dans le Dree" [details]