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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Nodularia

species Nodularia nipponensis (Martens, 1877): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio douglasiae nipponensisKondo (2008)
Nodularidia douglasiaeHe & Zhuang (2013)
Nodularia douglasiae nipponensisSano et al. (2017), Kano et al. (2019)
Nodularia nipponensisLiu et al. (2017), Klishko et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Choi et al. (2020), Sayenko et al. (2021), ... Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Nodularia douglasiaeWu et al. (2024)

Range

Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


specimen
ANSP_KAT_3926

specimen
ANSP_KAT_4001

specimen
ANSP_KAT_7679

specimen
ANSP_KAT_9252

specimen
SMF_14599

Fluss Tsusen [= Tsūsen-gawa? zum Shinano River], Niigata, Japan [Insel Honshū] [Japan Chūbu: Niigata]

specimen
SMF_14593

Geotoku, Japan

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SMF_14591

Heirabuchanuma, Japan

specimen
SMF_14594

Japan

specimen
SMF_82906

Komakura [richtig: Kamakura] [Japan Kantō: Kanagawa]

specimen
SMF_14597

Komakura [richtig: Kamakura], Japan [Insel Honshū] [Japan Kantō: Kanagawa]

specimen
SMF_14596

Koyomake-See [See Koyama-ike/Kosan ike, 6 km W von Tottori], [historische] Provinz Inaba, Japan [Insel Honshū] [Japan Chūgoku: Tottori]

specimen
SMF_14600

Mikawa, Japan [Insel Honshū] [Japan Chūbu: Aichi, historische Provinz?]

specimen
SMF_4047

Nagoya, Hondo [Insel Honshū], Japan [Chūbu: Aichi]

specimen
SMF_168228

Nippon [=] Japan

specimen
SMF_14595

Owari, Japan [Insel Honshū] [Japan Chūbu: Aichi]

specimen
SMF_14598

Sendai, Japan [Insel Honshū] [Japan Tōhoku: Miyagi]

specimen
SMF_14592

Yanagawa, Japan [Insel Kyūshū] [Japan Kyūshū: Fukuoka]


China

specimen
UMMZ_109683

Manchuria, China

specimen
UMMZ_109676

ponds near Girling, China


Japan

specimen
SMF_14590

Biwa-See [auf Honshū], Japan [Japan Kinki: Shiga]

specimen
SMF_3463

Biwa-See [auf Honshū], Japan [Japan Kinki: Shiga]

specimen
UMMZ_50252

channel connecting with Tone-gawa, Sasakawa, Chibaken, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_50248

Chikugo R., & connected water near Kuname, Kyushii, Japan

specimen
FMNH_191464

Isinden, Ise, Japan

specimen
MNHN_MP_3644

Japan

specimen
UMMZ_109672

Japan

specimen
UMMZ_110025

Japan

specimen
MNHN_MP_3585

Japon

specimen
MNHN_MP_3728

Japon

specimen
MNHN_MP_3735

Japon

specimen
MNHN_MP_3763

Japon

specimen
MNHN_MP_3764

Japon

specimen
MNHN_MP_3765

Japon

specimen
UMMZ_4437

Kamakura, Japan

specimen
ANSP_228147

Kynshu, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_109675

Kyoto, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_184041

Lake Ogura, Kyoto, Japan

specimen
ZMB_28142

Mukosima, Tokio, Japan

specimen
FMNH_20181

near Kamakura, Japan

specimen
FMNH_90226

near Tokyo, Japan

specimen
ANSP_41669

Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_109674

Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_109673

paddy fields near Kamakura, Japan

specimen
ANSP_244871

Teganuma, Chiba-ken, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_50251

Tone-gawa, near Omigawa, Japan

specimen
FMNH_21792

Yamashiro, Japan

specimen
FMNH_59343

Yamashiro, Japan

specimen
FMNH_21794

Yanagawa, Japan

specimen
UMMZ_60407

Yougawa, Japan


Vietnam

specimen
MNHN_MP_3651

Tonkin

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


Japan

MNS_Un26-02. (COI: MT020673, go to Genbank) Abukuma River, Fukushima, Japan (37.3881, 140.411).

NCSM_47237_5. (COI: MF975691, go to Genbank) Abukuma River, Fukushima, Japan (37.8167, 140.5497).

MHS_NNShiga1. (COI: MT020674, go to Genbank) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1581, 136.0582).

MHS_NNShiga2. (COI: MT020680, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_NNShiga3. (COI: MT020681, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_NNMiy2102. (COI: MT020677, go to Genbank) Izunuma Lake, Miyagi, Japan (38.7127, 141.1051).

MHS_Un26-02. (28S: MT020828, go to Genbank) Japan: Abukuma River.

IDEA_shell318. (28S: LC807139, go to Genbank) Japan: Ibaraki, Kasama city.

IDEA_Shell079. (28S: LC648544, go to Genbank) Japan:Gifu, Mizuho city, Otsuki, Ibi river.

Mp_4108_UU-SBD-Unio08. (mtGenome: LC496352, go to Genbank) Japan:Ibaraki, Lake Kasumigaura.

IDEA_Shell026. (28S: LC648506, go to Genbank) Japan:Shiga, Lake Biwa.

IDEA_Shell027. (28S: LC648507, go to Genbank) ditto.

LBM_1300014533. (mtGenome: LC589171, go to Genbank) Japan:Shiga, Otsu.

Mp_4138_BIWATATE_3. (16S: LC223961, 28S: LC519054, COI: LC518962, go to Genbank) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan.

Mp_4138_KAWATATE_2. (16S: LC223964, COI: LC518963, go to Genbank) Lake Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan.

Mp_4138_KAWATATE_6. (16S: LC223965, COI: LC518964, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_NNSai1. (COI: MT020678, go to Genbank) Name River, Saitama, Japan (36.0767, 139.3432).

MHS_NNSai2. (COI: MT020679, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4138_Un40-02. (16S: LC223976, COI: LC518966, go to Genbank) Wakayama, Japan.