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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 mardinensis Lea, 1865: specimens
     17 available nominal species synonyms (18 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Potomida littoralis — Graf (2007), IUCN (2014)
Unio crassus gontieri — Graf (2007)
Potomida komarowi — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Eolymnium araxenum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Potomida armeniaca — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio (Eolymnium) araxenus — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021)
Unio crassus — Jihad (2023)
Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

Range

Euphrates and Aras basins in Syria, Iraq, and Turkey.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Turkey

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

CIIMAR_BIV5386. (COI) Kocaçay River/Lake (Euphrates Basin), Türkiye (39.308506, 41.876678)

CIIMAR_BIV5387. (16S, 28S, COI) Kocaçay River/Lake (Euphrates Basin), Türkiye (39.308506, 41.876678)

CIIMAR_BIV5388. (16S, 28S, COI) Kocaçay River/Lake (Euphrates Basin), Türkiye (39.308506, 41.876678)

CIIMAR_BIV5389. (COI) Kocaçay River/Lake (Euphrates Basin), Türkiye (39.308506, 41.876678)

CIIMAR_BIV1889. (16S, 28S, COI, SRA) Turkey: Aras: Aras Basin (39.970694, 41.889083)

CIIMAR_BIV1890. (COI) Turkey: Aras: Aras Basin (39.970694, 41.889083)

CIIMAR_BIV1892. (16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome) Turkey: Aras: Aras Basin (39.970694, 41.889083)

CIIMAR_BIV1893. (COI) Turkey: Aras: Aras Basin (39.970694, 41.889083)

CIIMAR_BIV1894. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Aras: Aras Basin (39.970694, 41.889083)

CIIMAR_BIV5417. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Başköy: Euphrates Basin (39.383201, 41.68595)

CIIMAR_BIV5418. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Başköy: Euphrates Basin (39.383201, 41.68595)

CIIMAR_BIV5410. (COI) Turkey: Kars : Aras Basin (40.565836, 43.060236)

CIIMAR_BIV5412. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Kars : Aras Basin (40.565836, 43.060236)

CIIMAR_BIV5413. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Kars : Aras Basin (40.565836, 43.060236)

CIIMAR_BIV5414. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Kars : Aras Basin (40.565836, 43.060236)

CIIMAR_BIV5390. (COI) Turkey: Kocaçay: Euphrates Basin (39.308506, 41.876678)

CIIMAR_BIV5411. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Kocaçay: Euphrates Basin (39.308506, 41.876678)