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species Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819): specimens
28 available nominal species synonyms (31 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Potomida littoralis — IUCN (2014)
Potomida semirugata — Froufe et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023), Matos et al. (2024)

Range

Southwestern Asian Turkey, Syria, and the Levant.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

SMF_4933
A.d. Jenemtere Fluss, Zilizien

Iraq

USNM_85182
Bagdad, Persia

MNHN_MP_4411
de Bagdad

Israel

MNHN_MP_4402 Jaffa	SMF_4437 Jaffa, Palastina	MNHN_MP_4372 Jaffa, Syria
MNHN_MP_4423 Jaffa, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4419 Lac de Tiberiade	MNHN_MP_4365 Riv. El Hoje, pres Jaffa, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4369 Riv. El Hoje, pres Jaffa, Syrie

BMNH_1968872. Sea of Galilee

Lebanon

MNHN_MP_4373
Tripoli, Syrie

Syria

SMF_4357 A.d. Kuweik b. Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4441 A.d. Kuweik b. Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4449 A.d. Nahr el Haroum, Syrien
SMF_4445 A.d. Oase Bab, nordl v Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4446 A.d. Oase Bab, nordl v Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4359 Ain-tab am oberen Kuweik b. Aleppo, Syrien
MNHN_MP_4359 Alep	MNHN_MP_4374 Alep	MNHN_MP_4282 Alep, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4350 Alep, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4353 Alep, Syrie	BMNH_RFB_002 Damascus
USNM_85856 Emesi, L. Homs, R. Orontes, N. Syria	MNHN_MP_4361 La Nahr el Kebir	MNHN_MP_4356 La Nahr el Kebir, a Tell Kakaat, Alaouites
MNHN_MP_4352 Lac de Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4366 Lac de Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_0067 Nahr el Haroun, affl del Oronte, a Zerraa (Syrie)
MNHN_MP_0067 Nahr el Haroun, affl del Oronte, a Zerraa (Syrie)	MNHN_MP_0070 Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites)	MNHN_MP_0070 Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites)
MNHN_MP_4367 Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites)	BMNH_1936-3-10-6 R. Orontes, Syria	SMF_4444 See von Homs, Syrien
MNHN_MP_4284 Syrie ?	MNHN_MP_4284 Syrie ?

Turkey

SMF_3704 A.d. Arab - Ischay b. Adalia [Antalya], Lyzien	ZMB_MP_0512 Adalia, Asia Minor	SMF_3703 Alexandrette, Syrien
SMF_3705 Alexandrette, Syrien	MNHN_MP_4357 Antioche	MNHN_MP_4351 Lac de Antioche
MNHN_MP_4354 Lac de Antioche	MCZ_437 Turkey: Urfa; Belih Suyuh River, 15 mi E Urfa

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

ANSP_418428. (28S, COI) Gölbaşı Lake, Turkey

RMBH_biv_177_10. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_11. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_12. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_178_12. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_13. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_2. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_3. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_4. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_7. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

CIIMAR_BIV2088. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

CIIMAR_BIV2089. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

CIIMAR_BIV2090. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

Mp_4217_BIV2091. (COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

Mp_4217_BIV2092. (COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)