Marine Species Traits - Unio castor Eichwald, 1861 †

Traits name details

Unio castor Eichwald, 1861 †

AphiaID

1572138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1572138)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Palaeomutela castor (Eichwald, 1861) †

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Palaeanodonta Amalitzky, 1895 †

Parent

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Unio castor Eichwald, 1861 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Eichwald, E. (1861). Lethaea rossica, ou, Paléontologie de la Russie. Premier volume. Ancienne période. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1657 pp. + atlas., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/52391#/summary
page(s): 1003-1004, pl. 39, fig. 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio castor Eichwald, 1861 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1572138 on 2025-05-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Unio castor Eichwald, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1572138 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-03-25 14:49:56Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (1)
Attributes (3)

original description Eichwald, E. (1861). Lethaea rossica, ou, Paléontologie de la Russie. Premier volume. Ancienne période. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1657 pp. + atlas., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/52391#/summary
page(s): 1003-1004, pl. 39, fig. 20 [details]

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