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species Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852: specimens

22 available nominal species synonyms (28 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio tigridis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), ... Lyubas et al. (2022), Bashê (2022), Jihad (2023), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
“Unio tigridis” ** — Araujo et al. (2018), Marrone et al. (2019)
“Unio tigridis” ** — Araujo et al. (2018)

Range

Syria to Iraq. (North Eurasia: EU2)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Unio tigridis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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USNM_84706
River at Bagdad, Persia
possible type
Margaron tigris Lea, 1870

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USNM_84713
R. Tigris at Mosul, Persia
type
Unio bourguignatianus Lea, 1863

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USNM_84714
R. Tigris at Bagdad, Persia
holotype
Unio dignatus Lea, 1863

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USNM_85230
River Tigris, Mosul, Persia
type
Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863

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USNM_85231
Assyria
type
Unio rasus Lea, 1863

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MNHN_MP_0066
Bagdad
syntype
Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

25 Specimens from [blank]

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SMF_21178
"Orient"

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SMF_21177
"Weißer Nil"

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SMF_82911
Aïn Arrouss [Ain al-Arous, 80 km N von ar-Raqqa], Syrien [Gewässer: Belich/Balikh] [Syrien ar-Raqqa]

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SMF_21174
Angeblich aus Beirut, Syrien [Libanon Beirut]

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SMF_21176
Aus (dem See von?) Homs [= Buhayrat Qattinah], Syrien

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SMF_21179
Aus dem Euphrat [Asi nehri] bei den Ruinen von Babylon [85 km SSE von Bagdad] [Irak Babil]

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SMF_21169
Aus dem Orontes bei Homs, Syrien

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SMF_4510
Aus dem See von Homs [= Buhayrat Qattinah], Syrien

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SMF_21181
Aus dem Tigris [Dicle] bei Bagdad [Irak Bagdad]

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SMF_68313
Bagdad

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SMF_4511
Bagdad [Gewässer: Tigris] [Irak Bagdad]

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SMF_168308_01
Bagdad [Irak Bagdad]

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SMF_283416
Euphrat bei Malatia [Malatya] [Türkei Malatya]

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SMF_283310
Ruinen von Kisch [Kiš], Umgebung [88 km SSE] von Bagdad [Irak Babil]

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SMF_168303
See Tiberias [See Genezareth/Kinneret] [Israel Nordbezirk]

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SMF_283592
Syrien: Brücke, Jisr Sheninna des Flusses Balikh [Belich], NE von Raqqa [ar-Raqqa, 170 km ESE von Aleppo] [Syrien ar-Raqqa]

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SMF_283039
Syrien: Euphrat bei Halabiye [Halabiya, 78 km ESE von ar-Raqqa] [Deir ez-Zor]

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SMF_283040
Syrien: Euphrat bei Halabiye [Halabiya, 78 km ESE von ar-Raqqa] [Deir ez-Zor]

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SMF_283037
Syrien: Euphrat in Deir ez-Zor [122 km SE von ar-Raqqa] [Deir ez-Zor]

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SMF_283038
Syrien: Nebenarm des Euphrat am nördlichen Ortsausgang von Deir ez-Zor [122 km SE von ar-Raqqa]

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SMF_283041
Syrien: Nebenarm des Euphrat N Maadan [Madan, 58 km ESE von ar-Raqqa]

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SMF_283042
Syrien: Tabqa (al-Thawra) [al-Tabqah/al Taura/ath-Thaura] am Euphrat [44 km ENE von ar-Raqqa]

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SMF_21173
Tartus, Syrien

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SMF_82948
Tigris bei Bagdad [Irak Bagdad]

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SMF_21183
Tigris-Gebiet bei Jola [Jolak], Kurdistan [mündet 3 km südlich von Altin Köprü in den Kleinen Zab] [Irak Kirkuk]

2 Specimens from Iraq

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SMF_4513
A.d. Euphrat, Bagdad

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INHS_21567
Tigris River, Syria

1 Specimens from Syria

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SMF_21180
Aus dem Euphrat bei Biredschik [Birecik] [Türkei Şanlıurfa]

8 Specimens from Turkey

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SMF_21175
Aus dem Nahr-el-Afrin [Afrin], nördlich von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei]

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SMF_4934
Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]

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SMF_21171
Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei]

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SMF_21172
Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei Hatay]

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SMF_4512
Aus dem See [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei]

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SMF_168301
Orontes-Fluss [Orontes/Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]

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SMF_21170
See [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]

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SMF_4509
See [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei Hatay]

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Turkey

GCMAE_B02-1. (16S: MZ518985, 28S: MZ519222, COI: MZ511083, go to GenBank) Turkey: Euphrates: Euphrates Basin (37.379553, 38.550085).

GCMAE_B02-2. (16S: MZ518986, 28S: MZ519223, COI: MZ511084, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_B02-3. (16S: MZ518987, 28S: MZ519224, COI: MZ511085, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_B02-4. (COI: MZ511086, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_B02-5. (COI: MZ511087, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_D01-1. (COI: MZ511088, go to GenBank) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178).

GCMAE_D01-2. (16S: MZ518988, 28S: MZ519225, COI: MZ511089, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_D01-3. (16S: MZ518989, 28S: MZ519226, COI: MZ511090, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_D01-4. (16S: MZ518990, 28S: MZ519227, COI: MZ511091, go to GenBank) ditto.

GCMAE_D01-6. (COI: MZ511093, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5795. (COI: MZ511094, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5796. (COI: MZ511095, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5797. (COI: MZ511096, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5798. (COI: MZ511097, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5799. (COI: MZ511098, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5800. (COI: MZ511099, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5801. (COI: MZ511100, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5802. (COI: MZ511101, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5805. (COI: MZ511102, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5806. (COI: MZ511103, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5807. (COI: MZ511104, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4217_BIV5808. (COI: MZ511105, go to GenBank) ditto.

NCSM_107596_1. (COI: MZ511092, go to GenBank) ditto.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

Biv_1SYD. (28S: OQ351939, go to GenBank)

Biv_2SYD. (28S: OQ351940, go to GenBank)

Biv_3SYD. (28S: OQ351943, go to GenBank)

Biv_4SYD. (28S: OQ351941, go to GenBank)

Biv_5SYD. (28S: OQ351942, go to GenBank)

Biv_Hup1D. (28S: OQ351944, go to GenBank)

Biv_Hup2D. (28S: OQ351945, go to GenBank)

Biv_Hup3D. (28S: OQ351947, go to GenBank)

Biv_Hup4D. (28S: OQ351948, go to GenBank)

Biv_Hup5D. (28S: OQ351946, go to GenBank)

Biv_Mup2D. (28S: OQ351949, 28S: OQ349196, go to GenBank)