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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), ... Dai et al. (2024), Zhang et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
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.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

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]

China

UMMZ_108031 canal at Wau, 100 mi upstream Nanking, China	UMMZ_41012 canal at Wau, China	ANSP_125579 China
ANSP_56514 China	BMNH_MP_0656 China	UMMZ_108029 China
UMMZ_108029 China	UMMZ_108037 China	UMMZ_41004 China
USNM_208363 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
SMF_14716 Jang-to-hsien bei Nanking, Jangtse-Gebiet	MCZ_158479 Nanking, China	UMMZ_41005 Nanking, China
USNM_83897 North 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

Japan

UMMZ_108026
Japan

Thailand

UMMZ_130072 Menam River, 100 mi upstream from Bangkok, Siam	UMMZ_130072 Menam River, 100 mi upstream from Bangkok, Siam	MNHN_MP_3818 Siam
MNHN_MP_3829 Siam

unknown

BMNH_MP_0657
[no locality available - Asia]

USNM_346100
[no locality available - Asia]

Vietnam

MNHN_MP_3973 Tonkin	USNM_187460 Tonkin	UMMZ_108028 Tonkin, Indo China
UMMZ_108032 Tonkin, Indo China	MNHN_MP_3947 Viet Nam, Tonkin

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: AB507759, COII: AB507759, go to Genbank) Yangtze basin, Sichuan, China.

Mp_3353_HcC-02. (COI: AB507760, COII: AB507760, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3353_HcC-03. (COI: AB507761, COII: AB507761, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3353_HcC-04. (COI: AB507758, COII: AB507758, go to Genbank) ditto.

Japan

Mp_3353_Hs08-01. (COI: AB507757, COII: AB507757, go to Genbank) Kasumigaura Lake, Ibaraki, Japan (35.9698, 140.352).