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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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species Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819): specimens
31 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Potomida littoralis — Whelan et al. (2011), IUCN (2014)
Potomida semirugata — Froufe et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023), Matos et al. (2024)
Unio trachaea — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Unio salambonia — Jihad (2023)

Range: Southwestern Asian Turkey, Syria, and the Levant.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Iraq
MNHN_MP_4411 de Bagdad	USNM_85182 Bagdad, Persia
Israel
MNHN_MP_4365 Riv. El Hoje, pres Jaffa, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4369 Riv. El Hoje, pres Jaffa, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4372 Jaffa, Syria
MNHN_MP_4402 Jaffa	SMF_4437 Jaffa, Palastina	MNHN_MP_4419 Lac de Tiberiade
MNHN_MP_4423 Jaffa, Syrie
BMNH_1968872 Sea of Galilee
Lebanon
MNHN_MP_4373 Tripoli, Syrie
Syria
MNHN_MP_4359 Alep	MNHN_MP_4361 La Nahr el Kebir	MNHN_MP_4366 Lac de Homs, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4367 Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites)	MNHN_MP_4374 Alep	MNHN_MP_0070 Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites)
MNHN_MP_0067 Nahr el Haroun, affl del Oronte, a Zerraa (Syrie)	MNHN_MP_4282 Alep, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4284 Syrie ?
BMNH_RFB_002 Damascus	SMF_4357 A.d. Kuweik b. Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4359 Ain-tab am oberen Kuweik b. Aleppo, Syrien
SMF_4441 A.d. Kuweik b. Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4444 See von Homs, Syrien	SMF_4445 A.d. Oase Bab, nordl v Aleppo, Syrien
SMF_4446 A.d. Oase Bab, nordl v Aleppo, Syrien	SMF_4449 A.d. Nahr el Haroum, Syrien	USNM_85856 Emesi, L. Homs, R. Orontes, N. Syria
MNHN_MP_4350 Alep, Syrie	BMNH_1936-3-10-6 R. Orontes, Syria	MNHN_MP_4352 Lac de Homs, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4353 Alep, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4356 La Nahr el Kebir, a Tell Kakaat, Alaouites
Turkey
MNHN_MP_4357 Antioche	MCZ_437 Turkey: Urfa; Belih Suyuh River, 15 mi E Urfa	ZMB_MP_0512 Adalia, Asia Minor
SMF_3703 Alexandrette, Syrien	SMF_3704 A.d. Arab - Ischay b. Adalia [Antalya], Lyzien	SMF_3705 Alexandrette, Syrien
MNHN_MP_4351 Lac de Antioche	MNHN_MP_4354 Lac de Antioche

Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

RMBH_biv_178_4 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_177_10 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

CIIMAR_BIV2090 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

CIIMAR_BIV2088 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

CIIMAR_BIV2089 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

RMBH_biv_178_2 (COI, 16S, 28S) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

ANSP_418428 (COI, 28S) Gölbaşı Lake, Turkey

Mp_4217_BIV2091 (COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

RMBH_biv_177_11 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

Mp_4217_BIV2092 (COI) Turkey: Un. Springs: Aksu Basin (36.874077, 30.856972)

RMBH_biv_178_7 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_177_12 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_178_3 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_13 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

RMBH_biv_178_12 (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.640837, 36.505693)

CIIMAR_BIV2110 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL618 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL677 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2103 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL637 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL617 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2106 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL672 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL620 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL628 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2104 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL687 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL684 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL675 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL683 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL644 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL653 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2102 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL638 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2101 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL640 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2108 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL682 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL668 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL629 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2105 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL657 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL626 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL619 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL651 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL648 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL680 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL676 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL633 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL649 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL681 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2107 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL679 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL686 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL678 (COI, 16S, 28S)

CIIMAR_BIV2109 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL674 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL673 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL660 (COI, 16S, 28S)

KCMAE_PL614 (COI, 28S)

PL614 (16S)

KC_MAEU BIV2101 (mtGenome)

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