WoRMS name details
Unionium Link, 1807
605688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605688)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 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]
page(s): 3: 155 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Unionium Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605688 on 2026-06-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 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]
page(s): 3: 155 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
page(s): 181 [details]
