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species Unio damascensis Lea, 1863: synonymy

3 specimens + 32 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Unio damascensis Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 190.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 55 [59], pl. 18, fig. 52.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus damascensis — Falkner (1994)
Unio damascensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

image of type lot

Unio orontesensis Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 190.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 53 [57], pl. 18, fig. 50.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85535, R. Orontes, Syria.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio damascensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

image of type lot

Unio syriacus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 189.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 56 [60], pl. 19, fig. 53.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84408, River Orontes, Syria.

Unio (sec. Lymnium) syriacus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio damascensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) syriacus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Unio (Crassunio) crassus damascensis — Falkner (1994)
Unio damascensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)