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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865: specimens

17 available nominal species synonyms (27 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio crassus gontieri — Graf (2007)
Potomida littoralis — Graf (2007), IUCN (2014)
Eolymnium araxenum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Potomida armeniaca — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Potomida komarowi — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio (Eolymnium) araxenus — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021)
Unio crassus — Jihad (2023)
Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

Range

Euphrates and Aras basins in Syria, Iraq, and Turkey.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Turkey

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

CIIMAR_BIV5386. (COI: MZ512296, go to Genbank) Kocaçay River/Lake (Euphrates Basin), Türkiye (39.308506, 41.876678).

CIIMAR_BIV5387. (16S: MZ518968, 28S: MZ519205, COI: MZ512297, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5388. (16S: MZ518969, 28S: MZ519206, COI: MZ512298, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5389. (COI: MZ512299, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV1889. (16S: MZ518862, 28S: MZ519099, COI: MZ512235, SRA: SRR26935085, go to Genbank) Turkey: Aras: Aras Basin (39.970694, 41.889083).

CIIMAR_BIV1890. (COI: MZ512236, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV1892. (16S: MZ518863, 28S: MZ519100, COI: MZ512237, mtGenome: OR912552, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV1893. (COI: MZ512238, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV1894. (16S: MZ518864, 28S: MZ519101, COI: MZ512239, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5417. (16S: MZ518976, 28S: MZ519213, COI: MZ512306, go to Genbank) Turkey: Başköy: Euphrates Basin (39.383201, 41.68595).

CIIMAR_BIV5418. (16S: MZ518977, 28S: MZ519214, COI: MZ512307, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5410. (COI: MZ512301, go to Genbank) Turkey: Kars : Aras Basin (40.565836, 43.060236).

CIIMAR_BIV5412. (16S: MZ518973, 28S: MZ519210, COI: MZ512303, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5413. (16S: MZ518974, 28S: MZ519211, COI: MZ512304, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5414. (16S: MZ518975, 28S: MZ519212, COI: MZ512305, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV5390. (COI: MZ512300, go to Genbank) Turkey: Kocaçay: Euphrates Basin (39.308506, 41.876678).

CIIMAR_BIV5411. (16S: MZ518967, 28S: MZ519204, COI: MZ512302, go to Genbank) ditto.