MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Chamberlainiini | Sinohyriopsis
species Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852): specimens
1 available nominal species synonym (3 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Hyriopsis cumingii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Li et al. (2007), Zhou et al. (2007), Li et al. (2009), Breton et al. (2009), ... Chen et al. (2020), Varshney et al. (2020), Smith (2021), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Ma et al. (2024)
Hyriopsis cumini [sic] — Plazzi & Passamonti (2010)
Hyriopsis cumingi — Yang et al. (2013)
Sinohyriopsis cumingii — Fonseca et al. (2016), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), ... Chen et al. (2025), Klymus et al. (2025), Ishii et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Sinohyriopsis cf. cumingii — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Goncalves et al. (2022), Hata et al. (2022)
Range
Widespread in China from the Huang He (Yellow) River south to the Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam. Introduced to Japan. (East Asia: AS3 AS4 AS5)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Type Specimens
USNM_83897
North China
type
Unio cumingii Lea, 1852
Other Specimens by Country | show by collection
11 Specimens from [blank]
SMF_14707
Amerique Nord [China Jangtsegebiet, Cháng Jiāng/Jangtsekiang]
NCSM_6450
Asia, Chang (Yangtze) Basin, China, Kiangsi (Jianxi) Gan Jian River, below mouth of Xiu Shui River at Wucheng
NCSM_6464
Asia, Chang (Yangtze) Basin, China, Kiangsi (Jianxi) Xiu Shui River at Wucheng
NCSM_26924
Asia, Chang (Yangtze) Basin, China, Kiangsu (jiangsu), Wu Xian Co. Dong Shan, Guang Ming, Tai Hu Lake.
NCSM_28020
Asia, China, Shanghai (Shanghai), Market off Siping Lu at end of 1020 Rong; collected in NW Shanghai
NCSM_84979
Asia, Hong Basin (Red Basin)/Lo R. [Vietnam]/Panlong R. [China]/Cà Lồ Vietnam. Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng (Northern). Hanoi Co. Ca Lo River, east side. Sof Hwy 18 [point estimated 1.70 air miles S center Kim Lo]. [Sóc Sơn district, Thành Phố Hà Nội], 21.21058° N, 105.9156°E
SMF_14705
China
MNHN_MP_3837
de Kiang, Chine
SMF_14704
Hunan, Mittel-China [China Húnán Shěng]
USNM_364996
Ninpo, China
SMF_14708
Sui Tung [[Shuidongzhen, Diànbái Qū], Süd-Kwangtung [südliche Provinz Guǎngdōng], Süd-China [China Guǎngdōng Shěng]
24 Specimens from China
UMMZ_108031
canal at Wau, 100 mi upstream Nanking, China
UMMZ_41012
canal at Wau, China
UMMZ_108029
China
UMMZ_108037
China
ANSP_125579
China
BMNH_MP_0656
China
ANSP_56514
China
USNM_208363
China
UMMZ_41004
China
MNHN_MP_3822
Chine
MNHN_MP_3882
Chine
MNHN_MP_3982
Chine
MNHN_MP_4000
Chine
SMF_14716
Jang-to-hsien bei Nanking, Jangtse-Gebiet
UMMZ_41005
Nanking, China
MCZ_158479
Nanking, China
UMMZ_23053
Pei Ho Rio, China
MNHN_MP_3989
Pekin
UMMZ_108030
Ponds on Gingling Coll. campus, Nanking, China
BMNH_200205350
Shores of Poyang Lake, China
ANSP_211318
Yangtse River, Kiangyinku [Kiangsu or Jiangsu Province], China
UMMZ_108027
Yangtze Kiang River, China
UMMZ_197973
Yangtze Kiang River, China
MCZ_167251
Yangtze River, China
1 Specimens from Japan
UMMZ_108026
Japan
3 Specimens from Thailand
2 Specimens from unknown
USNM_346100
[no locality available - Asia]
BMNH_MP_0657
[no locality available - Asia]
4 Specimens from Vietnam
MNHN_MP_3973
Tonkin
UMMZ_108028
Tonkin, Indo China
UMMZ_108032
Tonkin, Indo China
MNHN_MP_3947
Viet Nam, Tonkin
GenBank Vouchers
Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers
China
16_NCU_XPWU_SU172. (28S: MG595609, COI: MG463082, go to GenBank) China: Jiangxi, Gan River.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU173. (28S: MG595610, COI: MG463083, go to GenBank) China: Jiangxi, Poyang Lake.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU174. (28S: MG595611, COI: MG463084, go to GenBank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU175. (28S: MG595612, COI: MG463085, go to GenBank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU176. (28S: MG595613, COI: MG463086, go to GenBank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU177. (28S: MG595614, COI: MG463081, mtGenome: FJ529186, go to GenBank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180057. (ND1: MG933803, go to GenBank) Poyang Lake, Gan River, China.
NCUBM_20180157. (ND1: MG933802, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_2658_Hcumingi. (16S: DQ073817, go to GenBank) Poyang Lake, Jiangxi [China].
UAUC_3160. (16S: AY655047, ND1: AY655100, go to GenBank) Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China.
Mp_2657_Hc. (16S: AF389418, go to GenBank) Qing Lan Lake, Jiangxi, China.
NCUBM_20180257. (COI: MG933743, ND1: MG933801, go to GenBank) Tai Lake (Jiangsu Province, N: 31.24°; E: 120.23°), China.
Mp_3353_HcC-01. (COI, COII: AB507759, go to GenBank) Yangtze basin, Sichuan, China.
Mp_3353_HcC-02. (COI, COII: AB507760, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_3353_HcC-03. (COI, COII: AB507761, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_3353_HcC-04. (COI, COII: AB507758, go to GenBank) ditto.
Japan
Mp_3353_Hs08-01. (COI, COII: AB507757, go to GenBank) Kasumigaura Lake, Ibaraki, Japan (35.9698, 140.352).
GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced
Mp_4493_150HC1. (COI: KJ434500, ND1: KJ434567, go to GenBank)
Mp_4493_151HC2. (COI: KJ434501, ND1: KJ434568, go to GenBank)
Mp_4493_152HC3. (COI: KJ434502, ND1: KJ434569, go to GenBank)
