MolluscaBase taxon details
Unionites Wissmann, 1841 †
1550048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1550048)
accepted
Genus
Unionites muensteri Wissmann, 1841 † (type by monotypy)
Anodontophora Cossmann, 1897 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anoplophora F. Sandberger, 1864 † · unaccepted (junior homonym of Anoplophora...)
junior homonym of Anoplophora Hope, 1840 [Coleoptera]; Anodontophora is a replacement name
Uniona Pohlig, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Unionites albertii (Assman, 1916) †
- Species Unionites angulata (Trechmann, 1918) †
- Species Unionites brevis (Schauroth, 1857) †
- Species Unionites canalensis (Catullo, 1846) †
- Species Unionites donacinus (Schlotheim, 1820) †
- Species Unionites edmondiiformis (Trechmann, 1918) †
- Species Unionites fassaensis (Wissmann, 1841) †
- Species Unionites ichigualasti (Frenguelli, 1945) †
- Species Unionites jacobi (Stache, 1878) †
- Species Unionites kobyumensis Biakov & Kutygin, 2021 †
- Species Unionites letticus (Quenstedt, 1852) †
- Species Unionites manmuensis (Reed, 1927) †
- Species Unionites muensteri Wissmann, 1841 †
- Species Unionites ovalis (Trechmann, 1918) †
- Species Unionites riojana (Frenguelli, 1945) †
- Species Unionites cardiiformis J.-H. Chen, 1976 † accepted as Weiyuanella cardiiformis (J.-H. Chen, 1976) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites damdunensis (Vukhuc, 1965) † accepted as Weiyuanella damdunensis (Vukhuc, 1965) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites ellipticus J.-H. Chen, 1976 † accepted as Weiyuanella elliptica (J.-H. Chen, 1976) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites emeiensis C.-Z. Chen, Q.-H. Ma & Z.-M. Zhang, 1974 † accepted as Weiyuanella emeiensis (C.-Z. Chen, Q.-H. Ma & Z.-M. Zhang, 1974) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites gregarea [sic] † accepted as Unionites gregarius (Quenstedt, 1866) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Unionites minimus (Mansuy, 1919) † accepted as Indosinion minimum (Mansuy, 1919) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites rhomboidalis C.-Z. Chen, Q.-H. Ma & Z.-M. Zhang, 1974 † accepted as Weiyuanella rhomboidalis (C.-Z. Chen, Q.-H. Ma & Z.-M. Zhang, 1974) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites trapezoidalis (Mansuy, 1919) † accepted as Indosinion trapezoidalis (Mansuy, 1919) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Unionites convexus (Mansuy) † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Unionites elisabethae (Patte, 1926) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites gongxianensis J.-F. Xu, 1978 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites gregarius (Quenstedt, 1866) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites griesbachi (Bittner, 1899) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites guizhouensis C.-Z. Chen, Q.-H. Ma & Z.-M. Zhang, 1974 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites isocardioides (Frech, 1909) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites lutrariaeformis (O. Boettger, 1880) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites nijiaoensis F.-X. Guo, 1985 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites qiubeiensis F.-X. Guo, 1985 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites spicatus C.-Z. Chen, Q.-H. Ma & Z.-M. Zhang, 1974 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites xinyuensis J.-H. Li, 1982 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites yanyuanensis J.-F. Xu, 1978 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Unionites zadoensis Z.-M. Zhang, 1979 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Wissmann, H. L. (1841). Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südostlichen Tirols. In: Wissmann, H. L. & Münster, G., Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südostlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. pp. 1-24. Buchner'sche Buchhandlung, Bayreuth, 152 pp. + 16 pls.
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unionites Wissmann, 1841 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1550048 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Wissmann, H. L. (1841). Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südostlichen Tirols. In: Wissmann, H. L. & Münster, G., Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südostlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. pp. 1-24. Buchner'sche Buchhandlung, Bayreuth, 152 pp. + 16 pls.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Anodontophora Cossmann, 1897 †) Cossmann, M. (1897). Paléoconchologie et ouvrages généraux. <em>Revue critique de paléozoologie.</em> 1(2): 46-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14499343
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Anoplophora F. Sandberger, 1864 †) Alberti, F. von. (1864). Ueberblick über die Trias: mit Berücksichtigung ihres Vorkommens in den Alpen. J. G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 353 pp.
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Uniona Pohlig, 1880 †) Pohlig, H. (1880). Maritime Unionen. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 27: 105-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33295236
page(s): 114 [details]
basis of record Hautmann, M.; Smith, A. B.; McGowan, A. J.; Bucher, H. (2013). Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance. <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 11(3): 263-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2011.637516
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Anodontophora Cossmann, 1897 †) Cossmann, M. (1897). Paléoconchologie et ouvrages généraux. <em>Revue critique de paléozoologie.</em> 1(2): 46-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14499343
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Anoplophora F. Sandberger, 1864 †) Alberti, F. von. (1864). Ueberblick über die Trias: mit Berücksichtigung ihres Vorkommens in den Alpen. J. G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 353 pp.
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Uniona Pohlig, 1880 †) Pohlig, H. (1880). Maritime Unionen. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 27: 105-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33295236
page(s): 114 [details]
basis of record Hautmann, M.; Smith, A. B.; McGowan, A. J.; Bucher, H. (2013). Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance. <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 11(3): 263-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2011.637516
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
