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

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species Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856: synonymy
     1 specimen

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Aménités Malacol. 2: 34, pl. 1, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_006, les eaux des environs connue de Konieh (ancienne Iconium), en Anatolie (Churchill).

Anodonta vescoianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1940), Haas (1952), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Anodonta (Euphrata) vescoianaPallary (1939), Falkner (1994)
Sinanodonta vescoianaModell (1945)
Anodonta (s.s.) vescoianaHaas (1969), Schütt (1983)

Anodonta schlaeflii Mousson, 1874
Mousson, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 51.

Anodonta schlaflii [sic]Simpson (1900)
Anodonta vescoianaSimpson (1914), Haas (1940), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Anodonta (s.s.) vescoianaHaas (1969), Schütt (1983)

Anodonta vescoiana var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
Mousson, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 51.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856)

Simpson (1900)
Anodonta vescoianaSimpson (1914), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Anodonta (s.s.) vescoianaHaas (1969), Schütt (1983)

Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121, pl. 7, fig. 1.

Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikianaPallary (1933), Pallary (1939)
Anodonta bahlikianaThiele (1934)
Anodonta cygneaHaas (1940)
Anodonta (s.s.) vescoianaHaas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Anodonta vescoianaLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)

Anodonta schlaflii Simpson, 1900
‘Mousson’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 648.
(error for Anodonta schlaeflii Mousson, 1874)

Anodonta vescoianaSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta vescoianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1940), Haas (1952), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Anodonta schlaflii [sic]Simpson (1900)
Simpson (1900)
Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikianaPallary (1933), Pallary (1939)
Anodonta bahlikianaThiele (1934)
Anodonta (Euphrata) vescoianaPallary (1939), Falkner (1994)
Anodonta cygneaHaas (1940)
Sinanodonta vescoianaModell (1945)
Anodonta (s.s.) vescoianaHaas (1969), Schütt (1983)

 
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