Marine Species Traits - Unio (Iridea) Swainson, 1840

Traits name details

Unio (Iridea) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

1502153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502153)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Diplodon Spix, 1827

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Iridea Swainson, 1840

Direct children (2)

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Species Unio (Iridea) doljiensis Stefanescu, 1896 † accepted as Cuneopsidea doljiensis (Stefanescu, 1896) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Unio (Iridea) subflabellatus Rollier, 1910 † accepted as Margaritifera subflabellata (Rollier, 1910) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Iridea Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 283-285, 379 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Iridea) Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1502153 on 2025-05-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Unio (Iridea) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1502153 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-07 11:09:41Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (1)

original description (of Iridea Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 283-285, 379 [details]