MolluscaBase - Unionium Link, 1807

MolluscaBase name details

Unionium Link, 1807

AphiaID

605688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605688)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Pinctada Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Pteriidae J. E. Gray, 1847 (1820)

Original name

Unionium Link, 1807

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 3: 155 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unionium Link, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605688 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-07-13 21:57:18Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-06 20:45:37Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2025-09-09 08:53:25Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 3: 155 [details]

source of synonymy Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 181 [details]