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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

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Mycetopodidae

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North America

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North Eurasia

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Data last updated
Thu 19 March 2026

Publication Donovan (1801): summary

Full Citation

Donovan. 1801. Brit. Shells 3. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya depressa Donovan, 1801 = Unio tumidus

Donovan, 1801. Brit. Shells 3: pl. 101.

Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788 = Unio pictorum

Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: ??.
Donovan, 1801. Brit. Shells 3: pl. 89.
(misidentified reference to Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786)

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