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

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

species Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885: specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio tumidiformis — Araujo et al. (2009), Reis & Araujo (2009), Araujo et al. (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)

Range

Southwestern rivers on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal and Spain.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Portugal

Mp_3580_UcrasVCU13.9. (16S, COI) Espirito Santo, Vascão River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal

Mp_3580_UcrasVCU15.9. (16S, COI) Espirito Santo, Vascão River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal

Mp_3580_UcrasOL2.10. (16S, COI) Odeleite River (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (37.332216, -7.646671)

CIIMAR_UD331. (COI) Oeiras River (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (37.551939, -7.995728)

CIIMAR_UD332. (COI) Oeiras River (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (37.551939, -7.995728)

CIIMAR_UD333. (COI, SRA) Oeiras River (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (37.551939, -7.995728)

CIIMAR_UD334. (COI) Oeiras River (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (37.551939, -7.995728)

MNCN_N1137. (16S, COI) Pardiela River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (38.546667, -7.685278)

MNCN_N1138. (16S, COI) Pardiela River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (38.546667, -7.685278)

CIIMAR_UD343. (16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, SRA) Portugal, Oeiras River (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (37.551939, -7.995728)

CIIMAR_UD370. (COI) Sado River (Sado Basin), Portugal (37.837425, -8.368411)

Mp_3580_UcrasSP1.11. (16S, COI) Safara. S. Pedro River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal

Mp_3580_UcrasSP2.11. (16S, COI) Safara. S. Pedro River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal

MNCN_N209. (16S, COI) São Pedro River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Portugal (38.058331, -7.265003)

CIIMAR_BIV3265. (COI) Torgal River (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

CIIMAR_BIV3266. (COI) Torgal River (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

CIIMAR_BIV3267. (COI, SRA) Torgal River (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

CIIMAR_BIV3268. (COI) Torgal River (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

CIIMAR_BIV3269. (COI) Torgal River (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

MNCN_N1124. (16S, COI) Torgal River/Lake (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

MNCN_N1125. (16S, COI) Torgal River/Lake (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

MNCN_N1126. (16S, COI) Torgal River/Lake (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

MNCN_N1127. (16S, COI) Torgal River/Lake (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

MNCN_N1128. (16S, COI) Torgal River/Lake (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

MNCN_N1129. (16S, COI) Torgal River/Lake (Mira Basin), Portugal (37.641604, -8.618161)

Mp_3580_UcrasSDU21.5. (16S, COI) Torre Vã, Sado River, Sado Basin, Portugal

Mp_3580_UcrasSDU6.5. (16S, COI) Torre Vã, Sado River, Sado Basin, Portugal

Mp_3580_UcrasOL1.10. (16S, COI) Várzea, Odeleite River, Guadiana Basin, Portugal

Spain

MNCN_N497. (16S, COI) Estena River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Spain (39.381224, -4.737006)

MNCN_N498. (16S, COI) Estena River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Spain (39.381224, -4.737006)

MNCN_N328. (16S, COI) Guadiana River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Spain (38.98633, -4.285689)

MNCN_N330. (16S, COI) Guadiana River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Spain (38.98633, -4.285689)

MNCN_N488. (COI) Milagro River/Lake (Guadiana Basin), Spain (39.500638, -4.168719)