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freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2021): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation
Lopes-Lima, M., M.E. Gürlek, Ü. Kebapçi, H. ŞerefliŞan, T. Yanik et al. 2021. Diversity, biogeography, evolutionary relationships, and conservation of Eastern Mediterranean freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163. 107261 (23 pp.). Available electronically.
Taxonomic Opinions
Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta cyrea Drouët, 1881
+ Anodonta taurica Bourguignat, 1880
+ Anodonta apollonica Bourguignat, 1880
+ Anodonta gallandi Bourguignat, 1880
+ Anodonta byzantina Drouët, 1881
+ Anodonta ectina Bourguignat, 1881
+ Anodonta gaudioni Drouët, 1881
+ Anodonta georgiana Drouët, 1881
+ Anodonta lenkoranensis Drouët, 1881
+ Anodonta mahometana Bourguignat, 1881
+ Anodonta maritzana Bourguignat, 1881
+ Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883
+ Anodonta brandti Drouët, 1888
+ Anodonta cilicica Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Anodonta cygnea var. armenica Ovtschinnikov, 1935
Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta gravida Drouët, 1879
Anodonta seddoni sp. nov. = Anodonta seddonae
Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856
+ Anodonta schlaeflii Mousson, 1874
+ Anodonta vescoiana var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
+ Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939
Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854
Leguminaia anatolica sp. nov.
Leguminaia cf. saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) = Leguminaia saulcyi
+ Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852
+ Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883
+ Leguminaia (sec. Leguminaia) locardi Simpson, 1900
+ Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensis Pallary, 1939
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi (Lea, 1862) = Leguminaia wheatleyi
+ Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865
+ Leguminaia bourguignati Locard, 1883
+ Leguminaia wheatleyi var. euphratica Kobelt, 1912
+ Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei Kobelt, 1913
+ Leguminaia graeteri Kobelt, 1913
+ Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913
+ Microdondylaea haasii Kobelt, 1914
+ Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata Pallary, 1939
Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
+ Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840
Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio delesserti Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio emesaensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio rothi Bourguignat, 1863
+ Unio simonis Tristram, 1865
+ Unio ferussacianus Lea, 1868
+ Unio galilaei Locard, 1883
+ Unio luynesi Locard, 1883
+ Unio rhomboidopsis Locard, 1883
+ Unio timius Locard, 1883
+ Unio tinctus Drouët, 1893
+ Unio rollei Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio lycicus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio wagneri Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio tracheae Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio (Rhombunio ?) abrus Kobelt, 1913
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Pseudodontopsis euphratica Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio opperti Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio churchillianus Bourguignat, 1857
+ Monocondyloea rhomboidea Lea, 1859
+ Pseudodon pachyolenus Bourguignat, 1880
+ Pseudodontopsis babylonica Kobelt, 1913
+ Pseudodontopsis piestius Kobelt, 1913
Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio prusii Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio vescoi Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio schwerzenbachi Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862
+ Unio turcicus ‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1862
+ Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio vicarius Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
+ Unio rothi var. komarowi O. Boettger, 1880
+ Unio araxenus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio heldreichi O. Boettger, 1886
+ Unio thiesseae Drouët, 1892
+ Unio (sec. Lymnium) pseudonymus Simpson, 1900
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Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio mardinensis
Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio vicarius
Unio cf. courtillieri = Unio crassus
Unio cf. desectus = Unio desectus
Unio damascensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio orontesensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio syriacus Lea, 1863
Unio delicatus Lea, 1863
+ Unio anemprosthus Locard, 1883
+ Unio antiochianus Locard, 1883
+ Unio axiacus Locard, 1883
+ Unio chantrei Locard, 1883
+ Unio jauberti Locard, 1883
+ Unio subtigridis Locard, 1883
+ Unio alexandri Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus var. jenemterensis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus var. adanensis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus var. subsaccatus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio (cilicicus var. ?) berytensis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio kobelti Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio kuweikensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (cilicicus var.) anceyi Kobelt, 1913
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Unio eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857
Unio hueti Bourguignat, 1855
Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Unio gaudioni Drouët, 1881
+ Unio ascanius Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio gentilis Haas in Hesse, 1911
Unio sesirmensis Kobelt, 1913
Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio grelloisianus Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio jordanicus Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio lunulifer Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio lorteti Locard, 1883
+ Unio pietri Locard, 1883
+ Unio ellipsoideus Locard, 1883
+ Unio genezarethanus Locard, 1883
+ Unio prosacrus Locard, 1883
+ Unio raymondi Locard, 1883
+ Unio tiberiadensis Locard, 1883
+ Unio tristrami Locard, 1883
+ Unio zabulonicus Locard, 1883
+ Unio herodes Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio kisonis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio raymondopsis Kobelt, 1913
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Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio mussolianus ‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1861
+ Unio bourguignatianus Lea, 1863
+ Unio dignatus Lea, 1863
+ Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio rasus Lea, 1863
+ Margaron (Unio) tigris Lea, 1870
+ Unio calliopsis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio tigridis var. haruni Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio hyperamblius Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio siouffi Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus assuricus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus ninusi Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus semiramidis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939
+ Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. major Pallary, 1939
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Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788
