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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 | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793: specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio gibbus — Araujo et al. (2009), Araujo et al. (2009), Khalloufi & Boumaïza (2009), Bogan (2010), Khalloufi et al. (2011), ... Príe et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)
Unio durieui — IUCN (2010)

Range

Iberian Peninsula and Morocco.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Morocco

MNCN_N1289. (COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1290. (16S) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1291. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1306. (COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1307. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1309. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1310. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1311. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1312. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

MNCN_N1313. (16S, COI) Beth (Sebou) River, Morocco

CIIMAR_UG11. (16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome) Morocco

Spain

MNCN_N729. (16S, COI) Barbate River, Spain

MNCN_N730. (16S, COI) Barbate River, Spain

MNCN_N731. (16S, COI) Barbate River, Spain

MNCN_N732. (16S, COI) Barbate River, Spain

MNCN_N733. (16S, COI) Barbate River, Spain

MNCN_N734. (16S, COI) Barbate River, Spain

Tunisia

MNCN_N1611. (16S, COI) Sejenane River, Tunisia

MNCN_N1615. (16S, COI) Sejenane River, Tunisia

MNCN_N1596. (16S, COI) Tunisia: Medjerda River, Ghardimaou

MNCN_N1597. (16S, COI) Tunisia: Medjerda River, Ghardimaou

MNCN_N1598. (16S, COI) Tunisia: Medjerda River, Ghardimaou

MNCN_N1616. (16S, COI) Tunisia: Sejenane River

MNCN_N1617. (16S, COI) Tunisia: Sejenane River