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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unionina | Unio damascensis
nominal species Unio damascensis Lea, 1863
Unio damascensis Lea, 1863 = Unio damascensis
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 190.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 55 [59], pl. 18, fig. 52.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Unio damascensis Lea, 1863 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2024: 16, suppl. append. 2, p. 10.
= Unio damascensis — Hou et al., 2024: Table 2.
= Unio damascensis — Lyubas et al., 2022: Table S3.
= Unio damascensis Lea, 1863 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021: 9, 19, Table 2, fig. 5.
= Unio (Crassunio) crassus damascensis Lea, 1863 — Falkner, 1994: 138.
+ Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 — Schütt, 1983: 52.
+ Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1969: 54.
+ Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 — Haas, 1940: 132.
+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui DeShayes, 1847 — Simpson, 1914: 563.
+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui DeShayes, 1847 — Simpson, 1900: 694.
= Unio damascensis Lea — Westerlund, 1890: 178.
= Margaron (Unio) damascensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 52.
= Unio damascensis Lea , 1863 — Lea, 1866: 60, pl. 18, fig. 52.
