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Publication Liu et al. (1979): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

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

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
+ Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis Zhadin, 1938
+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) shadini Moskvicheva, 1973

Anodonta arcaeformis arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Buldowskia suifunica

Anodonta arcaeformis arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Buldowskia shadini

Anodonta arcaeformis flavotincta von Martens, 1905 = Buldowskia flavotincta

Anodonta euscaphys (Heude, 1879) = Anemina arcaeformis
+ Anodonta (Haasiella) euscaphus Zhadin, 1938
+ Sinanodonta (Anemina) fuscoviridis Moskvicheva, 1973

Anodonta euscaphys (Heude, 1879) = Buldowskia shadini

Anodonta fluminea (Heude, 1877) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta globosula (Heude, 1878) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta woodiana elliptica (Heude, 1878) = Sinanodonta elliptica
+ Anodonta woodiana var. elliptica Zhadin, 1938

Anodonta woodiana elliptica (Heude, 1878) = Buldowskia suifunica

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
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834
+ Anodon gibbum 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
+ Anodon obtusa Heude, 1880
+ Anodon navicella Heude, 1880
+ Anodon confusa Heude, 1881
+ Anodon fantozatiana Heude, 1885
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) schrencki Moskvicheva, 1973

Anodonta woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta pacifica

Anodonta woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta schrenkii

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, unknown year

Cuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874) = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)
+ Unio corderii Heude, 1875
+ Unio szechenyii Neumayr, 1899

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874) = Cuneopsis szechenyii

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
+ Unio vestitus Heude, 1883

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora
+ Micetopus [sic] recognitus Heude, 1877
+ Mycetopus armatus Heude, 1885
+ Mycetopus caeruleus Heude, 1885
+ Mycetopus arcuatus Heude, 1885
+ Mycetopus viridis Heude, 1885
+ Mycetopus succineus Heude, 1885
+ Mycetopus similis Heude, 1877

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia recognita

Unio douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio sculptus Deshayes, 1873
+ Unio osbeckii Philippi, 1844
+ Unio nuxpersicae Dunker, 1849
+ Unio douglasiae firmus Heude, 1885
+ Unio douglasiae chloreus Heude, 1885
+ Unio douglasiae deltae Heude, 1885
+ Unio douglasiae dactylinus Heude, 1885
+ Unio douglasiae hainanensis Heude, 1885
+ Unio douglasiae subpressus Heude, 1885
+ Unio shanghaiensis Lea, 1859
+ Nodularia douglasiae taiwanica Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905
+ Unio kobelti Neumayr, 1899
+ Unio föttgeri of Authors, unknown year

Unio douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 = Nodularia nuxpersicae

Unio douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 = Ptychorhynchus murinum