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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio species Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865: synonymy 5 specimens + 17 Genbank vouchers Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 251 [11], fig. 29, fig. 65. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85663, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui var. kullethensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252 [12], pl. 30, fig. 66. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85664, R. Tigris, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024) | |
Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 250 [10], pl. 29, fig. 64. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85603, Tigris R., Pashalic of Orpha, Asiatic Turkey.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Limnium) [sic] orphænsis — Pallary (1939) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio rothi var. komarowi O. Boettger, 1880 O. Boettger, 1880. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 7: 160, pl. 5, figs. 1a-b. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rothi Bourguignat, 1863)
Psilunio rothi var. komarovi [sic] — Zhadin (1938) Psilunio littoralis komarowi — Haas (1940) Unio mingrelicus — Zhadin (1965) Potomida littoralis komarowi — Haas (1969), Falkner (1994) Potomida komarovi [sic] — Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin (1987) Potomida littoralis — Graf (2007) Potomida komarowi — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio araxenus Drouët, 1881 Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 18.
Unio (s.s.) sieversi var. araxenus — Zhadin (1938) Unio crassus gontieri — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Graf (2007) Unio sieversi var. araxenus — Zhadin (1965) Crassiana crassa sieversi — Akromovski (1976), Kantor & Sysoev (2005) Eolymnium (Shadininaia) araxenum — Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin (1987) Eolymnium araxenum — Kantor et al. (2010) Unio (Eolymnium) araxenus — Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio kallethensis Paetel, 1890 ‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159. (error for Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui var. kullethensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Unio (sec. Lymnium) pseudonymus Simpson, 1900 ‘Bourg.’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 22, pl. 41, fig. 255 [as ‘U. hueti’]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 694. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 560.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) pseudonymus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio armeniacus Kobelt, 1912 Kobelt, 1912. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 18: 29, pl. 493, fig. 2631.
Psilunio rothi var. armeniacus — Zhadin (1938) Unio crassus gontieri — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio mingrelicus — Zhadin (1965) Potomida armeniaca — Zatravkin (1983), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Potomida armenica [sic] — Zatravkin (1987) Potomida littoralis — Graf (2007), IUCN (2014) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio modiola Preston, 1912
Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 286, pl. 8, figs. 1-2.
Unio modiola — Preston (1912) Unio (sec. Lymnium) modiola — Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) — Falkner (1994) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio orfaensis Kobelt, 1912 ‘Lea’ Kobelt, 1912. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 37, pl. 530, figs. 2734-2735. (error for Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1914) | |
Unio bitlisensis Kobelt, 1913 Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 35, pl. 538, fig. 2731.
— Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio ciconius Kobelt, 1913 Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 11, pl. 517, fig. 2697.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis — Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021) Unio crassus — Jihad (2023) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913 ‘Bourguignat mss’ Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 15, pl. 519, fig. 2702.
— Simpson (1914) Unio (Limnium) [sic] diabekirianus [sic] — Pallary (1939) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio medicus Kobelt, 1913 Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 17, pl. 520, fig. 2707.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis — Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio specialis Kobelt, 1913 Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 8, pl. 515, fig. 2694.
— Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio subbatavus Kobelt, 1913 Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum] Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 48, pl. 534, fig. 2749.
Unio crassus gontieri — Haas (1940), Haas (1969) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio (orfaensis var. ?) ehrmanni Kobelt, 1913 Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 38, pl. 530, fig. 2736. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1914) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio crassus — Jihad (2023) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio thospiensis Kobelt, 1915 Kobelt, 1915. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 20: 28, pl. 553, figs. 2810-2811.
Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio (Rhombunio) wenzii Kobelt, 1915 Kobelt, 1915. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 20: 29, pl. 553, figs. 2812-2814.
Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983) Unio bruguierianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021) Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Psilunio rothi var. komarovi Zhadin, 1938 ‘Boettg.’ Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 102. (error for Unio rothi var. komarowi O. Boettger, 1880)
Potomida komarovi [sic] — Zatravkin (1987) | |
Unio bruguierianus Lopes-Lima et al., 2021 ‘Bourguignat’ of Authors. Lopes-Lima et al., 2021. MPE 163: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853)
Unio mardinensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2024) | |
Unio kullenthenensis Paetel, 1890 ‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 156. (error for Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui var. kullethensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Unio diarbekerianus Simpson, 1914 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 732. (error for Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913) | |
Unio (Limnium) diabekirianus Pallary, 1939 ‘Kobelt’ Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 120. (error for Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913) | |
Unio diarbekrianus Haas, 1940 ‘Kobelt’ Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 132. (error for Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913) | |
Potomida armenica Zatravkin, 1987 ‘Kobelt’ Zatravkin, 1987. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 92(4): 48. (error for Unio armeniacus Kobelt, 1912) | |
Unio arazenus Zatravkin, 1987 ‘Drouet’ Zatravkin, 1987. Byull. Mosk. Obshch.. Ispyt. Prir. 92(4): 49. (error for Unio araxenus Drouët, 1881) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui var. kullethensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Lymnium) durieui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Lymnium) pseudonymus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio modiola — Preston (1912) Unio (sec. Lymnium) modiola — Simpson (1914) — Simpson (1914), Falkner (1994) Unio (sec. Lymnium) tigridis — Simpson (1914) Psilunio rothi var. komarovi [sic] — Zhadin (1938) Unio (s.s.) sieversi var. araxenus — Zhadin (1938) Psilunio rothi var. armeniacus — Zhadin (1938) Unio (Limnium) [sic] orphænsis — Pallary (1939) Unio (Limnium) [sic] diabekirianus [sic] — Pallary (1939) Unio crassus bruguierianus — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983) Psilunio littoralis komarowi — Haas (1940) Unio crassus gontieri — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Graf (2007) Unio mingrelicus — Zhadin (1965) Unio sieversi var. araxenus — Zhadin (1965) Potomida littoralis komarowi — Haas (1969), Falkner (1994) Crassiana crassa sieversi — Akromovski (1976), Kantor & Sysoev (2005) Potomida komarovi [sic] — Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin (1987) Eolymnium (Shadininaia) araxenum — Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin (1987) Potomida armeniaca — Zatravkin (1983), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Potomida armenica [sic] — Zatravkin (1987) Potomida littoralis — Graf (2007), IUCN (2014) Potomida komarowi — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Eolymnium araxenum — Kantor et al. (2010) 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)
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