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Fri 04 Oct 2024

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio damascensis Lea, 1863: specimens
     3 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Unio damascensisLopes-Lima et al. (2021), Lyubas et al. (2022), Lopes-Lima et al. (2024)

Range: Mediterranean Central Turkey to the Orontes River in Syria.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Syria

specimen
USNM_85542

R. Barrada, Damascus, Syria

specimen
USNM_85535

R. Orontes, Syria

specimen
USNM_84408

River Orontes, Syria

Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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_6 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

CIIMAR_U001T (SRA)

CIIMAR_LG16 (SRA)

CIIMAR_U090T (SRA)

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