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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Aculamprotulina | Aculamprotula tortuosa
nominal species Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865
Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865 = Aculamprotula tortuosa
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 76.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 286, pl. 39, fig. 98.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Scriptolamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 294.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Dai et al., 2025: Table 2.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Chen et al., 2025: Table S3.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Hou et al., 2025: Table S3.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wang et al., 2025: Table S2.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2024: 6.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2024: Tables S2-S3.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Dai et al., 2024: Table 3.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2024: Table S3.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Hou et al., 2024: Table 2.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Konopleva et al., 2023: Table S1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2023: Table 2.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Wu et al., 2022: Table S2.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Liu et al., 2022: Table 1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 14.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Zieritz et al., 2021: 1091.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Wu et al., 2021: attached Tables 1-2.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020: 4, 6.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Liu et al., 2020: [6].
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Fukata & Iigo, 2020: 1216.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2020: 195.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Sano et al., 2020: 100, 101.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Wu et al., 2020: 54.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Chen et al., 2020: 2800.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Huang et al., 2019: 57.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Wu et al., 2019: 29.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Froufe et al., 2019: 185.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Guerra et al., 2019: Table S1.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Soroka & Burzynski, 2018: 242.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Zieritz et al., 2018: online Table 1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Huang et al., 2018: 304.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Wu et al., 2018: 5.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Burzynski & Soroka, 2018: 3.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Aunins et al., 2018: 1125.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Cha et al., 2018: 946.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2018: 732.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 177.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [14], Table S1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Guerra et al., 2017: 8.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Burzynski et al., 2017: 606.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Zhou et al., 2017: 235.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 250.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Wen et al., 2017: 9.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Araujo et al., 2017: 280.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Soroka & Burzynski, 2017: 863.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Xue et al., 2016: 2699.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Wu et al., 2016: 4521.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa — Fonseca et al., 2016: 955.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Ouyang et al., 2015: Table 1.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013: 251.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — He & Zhuang, 2013: 17, figs. 27-29.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Wang et al., 2013: 513.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa Lea, 1865 — Bogan, 2013: [1].
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Xiong et al., 2012: 128, Table 2.
= Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — IUCN, 2011: [web].
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Ouyang et al., 2011: 544.
= Aculamprotula tortuosa Lea, 1865 — Bogan, 2010: [1].
= Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 310.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Zhou et al., 2007: 1025.
= Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Prozorova et al., 2005: 51.
= Lamprotula tortuosa — Hu, 2005: 82.
= Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea) — Liu et al., 1980: 366.
= Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Liu et al., 1979: 93, fig. 82.
= Lamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Haas, 1969: 278.
= Quadrula (Lamprotula) tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Simpson, 1914: 916.
+ — de Gregorio, 1914: 58.
= Quadrula (Lamprotula) tortuosa (Lea, 1865) — Simpson, 1900: 798.
= Margaron (Unio) tortuosus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 30.
