Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Gibbosulinae | Gibbosula

species Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera laosensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Araujo et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Bolotov et al. (2014), ... Huang et al. (2018), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Sano et al. (2020), Kashiri et al. (2024)
Margaritifera (Margaritanopsis) laosensis — Bolotov et al. (2016)
Gibbosula laosensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2018), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Lyubas et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), ... Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Chen et al. (2026)
Gibbosula laosensis woodthorpi — Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2023)

Range

Eastern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, southeastern Asia. (East Asia: AS5)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Gibbosula laosensis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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BMNH_1965218
Fort Stedman, Shan States
lectotype
Margaritana woodthorpi Godwin-Austen, 1919

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USNM_86160
Laos Mts., Cambodia
type
Unio laosensis Lea, 1863

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MCZ_53982
streams in Laos Mts.
paratype
Unio laosensis Lea, 1863

BMNH_1965219. Fort Stedman, Shan States — holotype Margaritana woodthorpi Godwin-Austen, 1919

Other Specimens by Collection | show by country

2 Specimens from ANSP

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ANSP_125891
streams on Laos Mountains, Siam

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ANSP_41288
[no locality available - Asia]

1 Specimens from BMNH

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BMNH_1965221
Camboja, Lao Mountains

3 Specimens from FMNH

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FMNH_21453
Cambodja

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FMNH_21454
Burma

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FMNH_21455
[no locality available - Asia]

2 Specimens from MCZ

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MCZ_102062
Dien Bien Phu, Tonkin, French Indo-China

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MCZ_MP_365
Keson, [= Khe Sanh] Tonkin

3 Specimens from MNHN

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MNHN_MP_4368
Cambodge

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MNHN_MP_4370
Kiangsi, Central Fleuve, Chine

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MNHN_MP_4371
[no locality available - Asia]

1 Specimens from NCSM

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NCSM_83059
Asia, Mekong Basin/Ou R./Long R. Laos, Phôngsali, Nam Long, at confluence with Nam Ou, about [6] km upstream of Ban Hatxa [Ban Hatxông], [2.6 air km N center Phông Sali]. 21.76778° N, 102.1958° E

6 Specimens from SMF

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SMF_20080

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SMF_168080
Birma

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SMF_220825
Valley of the Pai River; Pr. Mae Hongson

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SMF_168105
Laos, Cambodge, Siam

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SMF_11875
Dien Bien Phu, Tonkin

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SMF_11876
Keson, [= Khe Sanh] Tonkin

1 Specimens from UA

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UA_20997
Nam Ou, Haat Veune Rapids, downstream of Gnot Ou, Phongsali Province, Laos

1 Specimens from UF

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UF_270736
Burma, Chin Hills

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Laos

RMBH_biv_0186_1. (16S: KC845943, 28S: KT343741, COI: JX497731, go to GenBank) Laos: Mekong River basin, Nam Long River.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

(ML3). (16S: KU763193, 18S: KU763255, 28S: KU763298, COI: KU763224, H3: KU763342, go to GenBank)

MNCN15.07/12038 (N1687). (16S: KU763194, 18S: KU763256, 28S: KU763299, COI: KU763225, H3: KU763343, go to GenBank)

MNCN15.07/12038 (N1688). (16S: KU763195, 18S: KU763257, 28S: KU763300, COI: KU763226, H3: KU763344, go to GenBank)

RMBH_biv_135_10. (mtGenome: OP749923, SRA: SRX18065936, go to GenBank)

RMBH_biv_182_17. (mtGenome: OP749922, SRA: SRX18065935, go to GenBank)