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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Gibbosulinae

genus Gibbosula Simpson, 1900: species

3 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Gibbosula confragosa

Gibbosula confragosa Frierson, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Northern China. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Gibbosula crassa

Gibbosula crassa (Wood, 1815)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Southern China and northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Lamprotula mansuyi)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Gibbosula laosensis

Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863)

syonymy (2 available, 6 total) | specimens (24 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Eastern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, southeastern Asia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(i,iii)+2ab(i,iii) (Margaritifera laosensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (13 + 5 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Yangtze River, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2ac (Lamprotula rochechouartii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Gibbosula sinensis Chen, Dai, Chen & Wu in Chen et al., 2025

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Endemic to the Nanbanhe River, upper Mekong Basin, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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