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

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species Pseudodontopsis euphratica (Bourguignat, 1852): synonymy
     26 specimens

Unio euphraticus Bourguignat, 1852
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 28.
Bourguignat, 1853. Catalogue Raissoné des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M.F. Saulcy 1853: 75, pl. 4, figs. 1-3.
Bourguignat, 1856. Rev. Mag. Zool. 8: 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0037, Bagdad.

Gabillotia euphraticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Gabilliotia [sic] euphraticaPreston (1912)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaKobelt (1913), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1952), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Falkner (1994), Bogan (2010)
Leguminaia (Pseudodontopsis) euphraticaHaas (1969)

Unio opperti Bourguignat, 1856
Bourguignat, 1856. Rev. Mag. Zool. 8: 71, pl. 8, fig. 6; pl. 9, fig. 1.

Gabillotia oppertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon oppertiKobelt (1904)
Pseudodontopsis oppertiKobelt (1913)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio churchillianus Bourguignat, 1857
Bourguignat, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. 9: 18, pl. 2, figs. 1-4.

Gabillotia euphratica var. churchillianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodontopsis churchillianaKobelt (1913)
Gabillotia euphratica var. churchillianaSimpson (1914)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Monocondyloea rhomboidea Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 187 [as ‘Monocondylœa rhomboidea’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 263 [81], pl. 42, fig. 143.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_86329, Tigris R., near Bagdad, Asia.

Gabillotia euphratica var. churchillianusSimpson (1900)
Gabillotia euphratica var. churchillianaSimpson (1914)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Pseudodontopsis babylonica Kobelt, 1913
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4 [as ‘Pseudodon babylonicus’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 4, pl. 512, figs. 2688-2689.

Pseudodontopsis babylonicaKobelt (1913)
Gabillotia euphraticaSimpson (1914)
Pseudodontopsis babylonicusPallary (1939)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)

Pseudodontopsis piestius Kobelt, 1913
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4 [as ‘Pseudodon piestius’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat mss’ Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 5, pl. 513, figs. 2690-2691.

Pseudodontopsis piestiusKobelt (1913), Pallary (1939)
Gabillotia euphraticaSimpson (1914)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1969)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio churchilleanus Sowerby, 1868
‘Bourguignat’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 525.
(error for Unio churchillianus Bourguignat, 1857)

Gabillotia euphraticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Gabilliotia [sic] euphraticaPreston (1912)

Pseudodon pachyolenus Bourguignat, 1880
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4. [nomen nudum]
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 296. [nomen nudum]

Pseudodontopsis babylonicaKobelt (1913)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Margaritana euphratica Kobelt, 1886
‘Bourguignat’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 26, pl. 45, fig. 266.
(reference to Unio euphraticus Bourguignat, 1852)

Gabillotia oppertiSimpson (1900)
Gabilliotia [sic] euphraticaPreston (1912)
Pseudodontopsis babylonicaKobelt (1913)
Gabillotia euphraticaSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Gabillotia euphraticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Gabillotia oppertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Gabillotia euphratica var. churchillianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon oppertiKobelt (1904)
Gabilliotia [sic] euphraticaPreston (1912)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticaKobelt (1913), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Pseudodontopsis oppertiKobelt (1913)
Pseudodontopsis churchillianaKobelt (1913)
Pseudodontopsis babylonicaKobelt (1913)
Pseudodontopsis piestiusKobelt (1913), Pallary (1939)
Gabillotia euphratica var. churchillianaSimpson (1914)
Pseudodontopsis babylonicusPallary (1939)
Pseudodontopsis euphraticusHaas (1940), Haas (1952), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Falkner (1994), Bogan (2010)
Leguminaia (Pseudodontopsis) euphraticaHaas (1969)

 
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