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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio mardinensis

nominal species Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865

Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 250 [10], pl. 29, fig. 64.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85603, Tigris R., Pashalic of Orpha, Asiatic Turkey.

= Unio mardinensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2024

+ Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

+ Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 — Schütt, 1983

+ Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1852 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 — Haas, 1940

= Unio (Limnium) [sic] orphænsis Lea, 1864 — Pallary, 1939

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui DeShayes, 1847 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui DeShayes, 1847 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio orphaensis Lea — Westerlund, 1890

= Margaron (Unio) orphaensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870