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

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Publication Schütt (1983): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Schütt, H. 1983. Die Molluskenfauna der Süßwässer im Einzugsgebiet des Orontes unter Berücksichtigung benachbarter Flußsysteme. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 113(1/6): 17-91. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (Gabillotia) pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 = Anodonta anatina
+ Gabillotia locardi Servain, 1890

Anodonta (s.s.) vescoiana Bourguignat, 1857 = Anodonta vescoiana
+ Anodonta vescoiana var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
+ Anodonta schlaeflii Mousson, 1874
+ Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
+ Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852
+ Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883
+ Leguminaia (sec. Leguminaia) locardi Simpson, 1900

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)
+ Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865
+ Leguminaia bourguignati Locard, 1883
+ Leguminaia chantrei Locard, 1883
+ Leguminaia graeteri Kobelt, 1913
+ Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei Kobelt, 1913
+ Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913
+ Microdondylaea haasii Kobelt, 1914

Potomida littoralis delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) = Potomida semirugata
+ Unio lycicus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio tracheae Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio wagneri Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio deschampsi Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (Rhombunio ?) abrus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio blanchianus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio corbiculiformis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio salamboana Pallary, 1929

Potomida littoralis homsensis (Lea, 1864) = Pseudunio homsensis
+ Unio episcopalis Tristram, 1865
+ Unio barroisi Drouët, 1893
+ Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929

Potomida littoralis semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio litoralis Mousson, 1861
+ Unio rothi Bourguignat, 1863
+ Unio emesaensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio simonis Tristram, 1865
+ Unio marisgalilaei Lortet, 1880
+ 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 simonis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio (Rhombunio) babensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio beroeus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio graeteri Kobelt, 1913
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Potomida littoralis semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potomida semirugata

Pseudodontopsis euphraticus (Bourguignat, 1852) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio bruguierianus
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio damascensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio orontesensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio syriacus Lea, 1863
+ Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865
+ Unio desectus f. pursacensis Sturany, 1902
+ Unio ancyrensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (orfaensis var. ?) ehrmanni Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio ancyrensis var. louisei Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio thospiensis Kobelt, 1915
+ Unio (Rhombunio) wenzii Kobelt, 1915

Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio damascensis

Unio crassus bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio mardinensis

Unio elongatulus eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857 = Unio delicatus
+ Unio raymondi Locard, 1883
+ Unio alexandri Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus var. adanensis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus var. jenemterensis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio cilicicus var. subsaccatus Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio (cilicicus var. ?) berytensis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio raymondopsis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio kuweikensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio sesirmensis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (cilicicus var.) anceyi Kobelt, 1913

Unio elongatulus eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857 = Unio terminalis

Unio elongatulus eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857 = Unio eucirrus

Unio elongatulus eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857 = Unio sesirmensis

Unio terminalis delicatus Lea, 1863 = Unio delicatus
+ Unio anemprosthus Locard, 1883
+ Unio antiochianus Locard, 1883
+ Unio axiacus Locard, 1883
+ Unio chantrei Locard, 1883
+ Unio jauberti Locard, 1883
+ Unio lorteti Locard, 1883
+ Unio subtigridis Locard, 1883
+ Unio kobelti Kobelt & Rolle, 1895
+ Unio pietri Kobelt, 1895
+ Unio schwarzii Kobelt, 1915

Unio terminalis delicatus Lea, 1863 = Unio terminalis

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio hueti Bourguignat, 1855
+ Unio mussolianus Küster, 1861
+ Unio dignatus Lea, 1863
+ Unio bourguignatianus Lea, 1863
+ Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio rasus Lea, 1863
+ Unio tigridis var. haruni Kobelt, 1912
+ Unio calliopsis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus assuricus Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus ninusi Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus semiramidis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio hyperamblius Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio siouffi Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939
+ Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. cuneiformis Pallary, 1939
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Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio hueti