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Unio parallelus J. De C. Sowerby, 1840 †
1580318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1580318)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, J. De C. (1840). Fossil shells from the coal-measures described and engraved by Mr. James de Carle Sowerby, F.L.S. In: Prestwich, J. The Geology Of Coalbrook Dale. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5: pls. XXXIX and XL., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36236109
page(s): pl. 39, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): pl. 39, fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio parallelus J. De C. Sowerby, 1840 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1580318 on 2025-09-12
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Sowerby, J. De C. (1840). Fossil shells from the coal-measures described and engraved by Mr. James de Carle Sowerby, F.L.S. In: Prestwich, J. The Geology Of Coalbrook Dale. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5: pls. XXXIX and XL., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36236109
page(s): pl. 39, fig. 8 [details]
source of synonymy Hind, W. (1899). A Monograph of the British Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata. Part IV. Edmondidae, Cyprinidae, Crassitellidae. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 53: 277–360, pls. 26-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02693445.1899.12035488
page(s): 331 [details]
page(s): pl. 39, fig. 8 [details]
source of synonymy Hind, W. (1899). A Monograph of the British Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata. Part IV. Edmondidae, Cyprinidae, Crassitellidae. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 53: 277–360, pls. 26-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02693445.1899.12035488
page(s): 331 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
