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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Acuticostini | Acuticosta

species Acuticosta ovata (Simpson, 1900): synonymy

6 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Unio vestitus Heude, 1883

specimen image from publicationHeude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 58, fig. 112.
(homonym of Unio vestitus Lea, 1861; renamed Quadrula (Lamprotula) ovata Simpson, 1900)

Quadrula (Lamprotula) ovataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta ovataHaas (1914), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Prozorova et al. (2005), He & Zhuang (2013)

Quadrula (Lamprotula) ovata Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 801.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 933.
(new name for Unio vestitus Heude, 1883)

Quadrula (Lamprotula) ovataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta ovataHaas (1914), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Wu et al. (1999), Huang et al. (2002), ... Wu et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Liu et al. (2020), Liu et al. (2022), Wang et al. (2025)
Acuticosta retiariaGraf & Cummings (2021)

image of type lot

Parreysia hunanensis Haas, 1910

Haas, 1910. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 42: 97.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3595_2, Hunan [Húnán], Hubei [Húběi], Mittelchina [China].

Parreysia hunanensisHaas (1910), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta ovataHaas (1914), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Prozorova et al. (2005), He & Zhuang (2013)
Quadrula (Lamprotula) ovataSimpson (1914)

Acuticosta trisulcata triangula Tchang et al., 1965

Tchang et al., 1965. Acta Zool. Sinica 17(2): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio trisulcatus Heude, 1883)

Acuticosta trisulcata triangulaProzorova et al. (2005)
Acuticosta triangulaHu (2005)
Acuticosta ovataHe & Zhuang (2013)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (Lamprotula) ovataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia hunanensisHaas (1910), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta ovataHaas (1914), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Wu et al. (1999), Huang et al. (2002), ... Wu et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Liu et al. (2020), Liu et al. (2022), Wang et al. (2025)
Acuticosta trisulcata triangulaProzorova et al. (2005)
Acuticosta triangulaHu (2005)
Acuticosta retiariaGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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