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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta

species Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856: specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta vescoiana — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)

Range

Endemic to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Iraq.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Turkey

TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_006. les eaux des environs connue de Konieh (ancienne Iconium), en Anatolie (Churchill)