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

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Publication Bogan et al. (2021): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bogan, A.E., A.A. Al-Fanharawi & M. Lopes-Lima. 2021. First record of Sinanodonta woodiana and report for freshwater bivalves from Iraq (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 46: 52-60. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1857

Leguminaia anatolica Gürlek, Kebapçı and Lopes-Lima in Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)
+ Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865

Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)

Pseudodontopsis euphratica (Bourguignat, 1852)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio ciconius Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio mardinensis

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863
+ Unio calliopsis Kobelt, 1913
+ Unio dignatus semiramidis Kobelt, 1913