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Publication Liu et al. (1979): summary

Full Citation

Liu, Y.-Y., Y.-X. Wang & W.-Z. Zhang. 1979. Freshwater Mollusks. Economic Fauna of China. 124 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mycetopus arcnatus Liu et al., 1979 = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 116.
(error for Mycetopus arcuatus Heude, 1885)

Anodon chemiana Liu et al., 1979 = Sinanodonta pacifica

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 107.
(error for Anodon cheniana Heude, 1880)

Unio douglasiae chlorens Liu et al., 1979 = Nodularia douglasiae

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 74.
(error for Unio douglasiae chloreus Heude, 1885)

Unio douglasiae cleltae Liu et al., 1979 = Nodularia douglasiae

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 74.
(error for Unio douglasiae deltae Heude, 1885)

Unio covtritus Liu et al., 1979 = Lamprotula caveata

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 93.
(error for Unio contritus Heude, 1881)

There are 12 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Unio firnus Liu et al., 1979 = Nodularia douglasiae

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 74.
(error for Unio douglasiae firmus Heude, 1885)

Arconaia mntica Liu et al., 1979 = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.
(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)

Unio contorta var. muticns Liu et al., 1979 = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.
(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)

Unio polystictoseriptus Liu et al., 1979 = Aculamprotula polysticta

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 101 [as ‘polysticto-seriptus’].
(error for Unio polystictoscriptus Heude, 1877)

Unio quaorangulosus Liu et al., 1979 = Lamprotula caveata

‘Heude’ Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 93.
‘Heude’ Prozorova et al., 2005. Byull. Dal'nev. Malak.Obshch. 9: 52.
(error for Unio quadrangulosus Heude, 1881)

Anodon seeuriformis Liu et al., 1979 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 106.
(error for Anodon securiformis Heude, 1877)

Mycetopus suscinens Liu et al., 1979 = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 116.
(error for Mycetopus succineus Heude, 1885)

Taxonomic Opinions

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Acuticosta ovata (Simpson, 1900)

+ Unio vestitus Heude, 1883

+ Parreysia hunanensis Haas, 1910

Anodonta arcaeformis arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina arcaeformis + Buldowskia suifunica + Buldowskia shadini

+ Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis Zhadin, 1938

+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) shadini Moskvicheva, 1973

Anodonta arcaeformis flavotincta von Martens, 1905 = Buldowskia flavotincta

Anodonta euscaphys (Heude, 1879) = Anemina arcaeformis + Buldowskia shadini

+ Anodonta (Haasiella) euscaphus Zhadin, 1938

+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) fuscoviridis Moskvicheva, 1973

There are 111 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Anodonta fluminea (Heude, 1877) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta globosula (Heude, 1878) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta woodiana elliptica (Heude, 1878) = Sinanodonta elliptica + Buldowskia suifunica

+ Anodonta woodiana var. elliptica Zhadin, 1938

Anodonta woodiana pacifica (Heude, 1878) = Sinanodonta pacifica

+ Anodon tumida Heude, 1879

+ Anodon cheniana Heude, 1880

+ Anodon puerorum Heude, 1880

+ Anodonta richthofeni Neumayr, 1899

Anodonta woodiana piscatorum (Heude, 1878) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodonta woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana + Sinanodonta pacifica + Sinanodonta schrenkii

+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834

+ Anodon gibbum Benson in Cantor, 1842

+ Anodon tricostatus Sowerby, 1870

+ Anodonta edulis Heude, 1874

+ Anodon securiformis Heude, 1877

+ Anodon nigricans Heude, 1877

+ Anodon fusca Heude, 1878

+ Anodon friniana Heude, 1878

+ Anodon striata Heude, 1878

+ Anodon lineata Heude, 1879

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Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) = Lanceolaria lanceolata

+ Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857

+ Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877

+ Unio contortus var. conjungens Heude, 1877

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815)

+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817

+ Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825

+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829

+ Anodonta magrifica Of Authors

Cuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874) = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874) = Cuneopsis heudei + Cuneopsis szechenyii

+ Unio corderii Heude, 1875

+ Unio szechenyii Neumayr, 1899

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

+ Unio retortus Martens, 1875

+ Unio flexuosus Neumayr, 1899

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852) = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Lamprotula bazini (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

+ Unio quadrangulosus Heude, 1881

+ Unio contritus Heude, 1881

Lamprotula cornuum-lunae (Heude, 1883) = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

+ Unio montanus Heude, 1875

+ Unio verruculosus Heude, 1883

Lamprotula fibrosa (Heude, 1877) = Aculamprotula fibrosa

Lamprotula gottschei (von Martens, 1894) = Lamprotula leaii

Lamprotula leai (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) = Lamprotula leaii

+ Unio nodulosus Reeve, 1864

Lamprotula mansuyi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908) = Gibbosula crassa

Lamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877) = Aculamprotula polysticta

+ Unio polystictoscriptus Heude, 1877

Lamprotula rochechouarti (Heude, 1875) = Gibbosula rochechouartii

Lamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875) = Aculamprotula scripta

Lamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863) = Aculamprotula tientsinensis

Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) = Aculamprotula tortuosa

+ Unio (Lampsilis) subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867

+ Unio retortus Heude, 1883

Lamprotula triclava (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula zonata (Heude, 1883) = Aculamprotula zonata

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

+ Unio grayii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Lanceolaria triformis (Heude, 1877)

+ Unio distortus Heude, 1883

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

+ Cristaria megadesma Martens, 1875

Margaritana dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) = Margaritifera dahurica

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus spinosus Simpson, 1900