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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 damascensis Lea, 1863: specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio damascensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

Range

Mediterranean Central Turkey to the Orontes River in Syria.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Syria

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

KCMAE_U087T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Ceyhan: Ceyhan Basin (37.21747, 35.982492)

KCMAE_U088T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Ceyhan: Ceyhan Basin (37.21747, 35.982492)

KCMAE_U089T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Ceyhan: Ceyhan Basin (37.21747, 35.982492)

Mp_4217_U084T. (COI) Turkey: Ceyhan: Ceyhan Basin (37.21747, 35.982492)

Mp_4217_U085T. (COI) Turkey: Ceyhan: Ceyhan Basin (37.21747, 35.982492)

KCMAE_LG004. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

KCMAE_LG006. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

KCMAE_LG008. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

Mp_4217_LG005. (COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

Mp_4217_LG009. (COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

RMBH_biv_177_1. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_14. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_15. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_2. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_3. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_6. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_180. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_178_15. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_6. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

KCMAE_U001T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Kuşkun: Tarsus Basin (36.927808, 34.942064)

KCMAE_U002T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Kuşkun: Tarsus Basin (36.927808, 34.942064)

KCMAE_LG016. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Orontes : Orontes Basin (36.221314, 36.387333)

KCMAE_LG017. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Orontes : Orontes Basin (36.221314, 36.387333)

KCMAE_LG019. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Orontes : Orontes Basin (36.221314, 36.387333)

KCMAE_C01-1. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Savrun: Ceyhan Basin (37.326162, 36.029476)

KCMAE_U090T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. channel: Ceyhan Basin (37.370902, 36.868179)

KCMAE_U092T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. channel: Ceyhan Basin (37.370902, 36.868179)

KCMAE_U095T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. channel: Ceyhan Basin (37.370902, 36.868179)

KCMAE_U101T. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Un. channel: Ceyhan Basin (37.370902, 36.868179)

Mp_4217_U091T. (COI) Turkey: Un. channel: Ceyhan Basin (37.370902, 36.868179)

Mp_4217_U102T. (COI) Turkey: Un. channel: Ceyhan Basin (37.370902, 36.868179)

CIIMAR_U092T. (mtGenome, SRA) Un. channel River (Ceyhan Basin), Türkiye (37.370902, 36.868179)