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Liu, Duan & Wang in Liu et al., 1994. Acta Zootax. Sinica 19(1): 31, 35, text. 8.
(homonym of Unio ovatus Say, 1817)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ASIZB_FM_01465, Jiangkou (27.6° N, 108.8° E), Guizhou Province.