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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Schistodesmus

species Schistodesmus tongpenensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025: specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Schistodesmus cf. lampreyanus — Huang et al. (2019)
Schistodesmus sp. — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025)
Schistodesmus lampreyanus — Chen et al. (2025)
Schistodesmus tongpenensis — Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025)

Range

Guanxi, Hunan, and Hubei provinces, China.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

China

SXNU_23032613. Dongting Lake in Hunan Province, China; 29.12025°N, 113.01506°E

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

China

16_NCU_XPWU_SU134. (28S: MG595571, COI: MG463043, go to Genbank) China: Hunan, Dongting Lake.