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

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genus Pseudodon Gould, 1844: synonymy
     8 Recent freshwater species (8 total species)

Pseudodon Gould, 1844
Gould, 1844. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 161.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodon Oken, 1815; renamed Pseudodus Morgan, 1885)
Type species: Anodon inoscularis Gould, 1844 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Monodontina Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 269.
Type species: Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Pseudodus Morgan, 1885
Morgan, 1885. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 10: 422.
(error for Pseudodon Gould, 1844)

Suborbiculus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 835.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1081.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudodon Gould, 1844)
Type species: Monocondylus orbicularis Morelet, 1866 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodon cambodjensis

Diplopseudodon Haas, 1920
Haas, 1920. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 53): 313.
Haas, 1924. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 38: 129.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudodon Gould, 1844)
Type species: Pseudodon crassus Drouët & Chaper, 1892 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodon walpolei

Psudodon Heude, 1885
Heude, 1885. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (9): pl. 72.
(error for Pseudodon Gould, 1844)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pseudodon (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Haas (1920), Haas (1924), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007)
PseudodonMartens (1900), Simpson (1900), Prashad (1922), Modell (1942), van Benthem Jutting (1953), ... Zhang et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Konopleva et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Pseudodon (sec. Suborbiculus)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyriopsis (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (sec. Trigonodon)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
DalliellaSimpson (1900)
UnioMartens (1900)
Pseudodon (Trigonodon)Preston (1912), Haas (1924), Haas (1969)
Margaritanade Gregorio (1914)
Cristaria (Pletholophus)Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
SimpsonellaSimpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.)Simpson (1914)
MonodontinaPrashad (1919), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), ... Jeratthitikul & Sutcharit (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Pseudodon (Monodontina)Haas (1920), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Diplopseudodon)Haas (1920), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Bineurus)Haas (1920), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (sec. Diplopseudodon)Thiele (1934)
CristariaIUCN (2012)

 
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