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

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Publication Jihad (2023): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Jihad, H.M. 2023. Checklist of Bivalvia (Mollusca) in Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 17(4): 589-610. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856
+ Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939
+ Anodonta schlaeflii Mousson, 1874
+ Anodonta vescoiana var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874

Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
+ Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909
+ Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848
+ Corbicula artini Pallary, 1903

Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Corbicula africana

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)
+ Corbicula aquilina Heude, 1887
+ Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1887
+ Corbicula cheniana Heude, 1887

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
+ Dreissensia locardi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena kuesteri Dunker, 1855

Dreissena siouffi Bourguignat, 1893
+ Dreissensia elongata Locard, 1893

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
+ Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883
+ Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)
+ Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865
+ Microdondylaea haasii Kobelt, 1914

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
+ Limnoperna coreana Park & Choi, 2008
+ Modiola cambodjensis Clessin, 1889
+ Mytilus martensi Neumayr, 1899

Pisidium dubium (Say, 1817)
+ Cyclas aequalis Lamarck, 1835
+ Cyclas (Phymesoda) equalis Rafinesque, 1820

Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio delesserti Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio tracheae Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio salamboana Pallary, 1929

Pseudodontopsis euphratica (Bourguignat, 1852)
+ Pseudodontopsis babylonica Kobelt, 1913

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Anodon castanea Heude, 1880
+ Anodon confusa Heude, 1881

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 = Unio nanus
+ Unio tiguricus Servain, 1885
+ Unio croaticus Drouët, 1881
+ Unio (orfaensis var. ?) ehrmanni Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio ciconius Kobelt, 1913

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 = Unio mardinensis

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio calliopsis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio bourguignatianus Lea, 1863
+ Unio dignatus Lea, 1863
+ Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863