MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Unio tigridis specimens

	Home \| About \| Database \| Mussel of the Month \| Publications & Presentations


MUSSELpdb
	Introduction Browse d'basing


Taxonomy
	all genera Unionidae Margaritiferidae Hyriidae Etheriidae Mycetopodidae Iridinidae Species & Genus Richness by Taxonomy


Geography
	Summary North America Central America South America Afrotropics North Eurasia East Asia Australasia Species Richness & Endemism by Geography

Page last updated
Tue 01 Jul 2025

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.

Search the database pages:

species Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852: specimens
28 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Unio tigridis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2014), ..., Bogan et al. (2021), Bashê (2022), Lyubas et al. (2022), Jihad (2023)

Range: Syria to Iraq.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Iraq
MNHN_MP_0066 Bagdad	USNM_85230 River Tigris, Mosul, Persia	USNM_85231 Assyria
USNM_84706 River at Bagdad, Persia	USNM_84713 R. Tigris at Mosul, Persia	USNM_84714 R. Tigris at Bagdad, Persia
SMF_4513 A.d. Euphrat, Bagdad
Syria
SMF_21180 Aus dem Euphrat bei Biredschik [Birecik] [Türkei Şanlıurfa]
Turkey
SMF_21175 Aus dem Nahr-el-Afrin [Afrin], nördlich von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei]	SMF_168301 Orontes-Fluss [Orontes/Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]	SMF_4509 See [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei Hatay]
SMF_4512 Aus dem See [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei]	SMF_4934 Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]	SMF_21170 See [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]
SMF_21171 Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei]	SMF_21172 Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei Hatay]

Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

GCMAE_D01-4 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

GCMAE_D01-3 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

GCMAE_B02-2 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Euphrates: Euphrates Basin (37.379553, 38.550085)

GCMAE_B02-3 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Euphrates: Euphrates Basin (37.379553, 38.550085)

GCMAE_D01-2 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

GCMAE_B02-1 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Euphrates: Euphrates Basin (37.379553, 38.550085)

Mp_4217_BIV5808 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5800 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

GCMAE_B02-5 (COI) Turkey: Euphrates: Euphrates Basin (37.379553, 38.550085)

Mp_4217_BIV5796 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5801 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

GCMAE_B02-4 (COI) Turkey: Euphrates: Euphrates Basin (37.379553, 38.550085)

GCMAE_D01-1 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5798 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5802 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5807 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5795 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5806 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

GCMAE_D01-6 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5797 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

NCSM_107596_1 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5799 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Mp_4217_BIV5805 (COI) Turkey: Karaardiç: Tigris Basin (37.911991, 39.86178)

Biv_5SYD (28S)

Biv_Mup2D (28S)

Biv_Hup4D (28S)

Biv_Hup5D (28S)

Biv_1SYD (28S)

Biv_Hup3D (28S)

Biv_Hup1D (28S)

Biv_3SYD (28S)

Biv_Hup2D (28S)

Biv_2SYD (28S)

Biv_4SYD (28S)

Page updated: 07:58:20 Tue 01 Jul 2025

"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."
	The MUSSEL Project — Home Page http://www.mussel-project.net/. Site developed and maintained by Dan Graf & Kevin Cummings. Hosted by The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Funded by The National Science Foundation.