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Publication Whelan et al. (2011): summary

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Whelan, N.V., A.J. Geneva & D.L. Graf. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of tropical freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) resolves the position of Coelatura and supports a monophyletic Unionidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 504-514. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Radiatula bonneaudii Whelan et al., 2011 = Radiatula chaudhurii

‘Eydoux’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): [4].
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: 10, Table 3 [as ‘sp. 1’].
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: [5].
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2018. J. Moll. Studies 84(4): [4]. [in part]
Jeratthitikul et al., 2019. Tropical Nat. Hist. 19(1): 25.
Konopleva et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1 [as ‘Radiatula bonneaudii sp. 1’].
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020. MPE 148: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio bonneaudii Eydoux, 1838)

Lasmigona compressa Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000 = Lasmigona costata

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000. J. Moll. Studies 66: 160.
Graf & Cummings, 2006. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Jadhav & Jamkhedkar, 2009. Res. J. BioTech. 4(1): 43.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Wu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1166: 263, Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829)

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Lamellidens corrianus Whelan et al., 2011 = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): 310.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Lamellidens corrianus sp. 1].
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207.
Pfeiffer et al., 2018. J. Moll. Studies 84(4): [3].
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 117.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)
Type(s): SEQUENCED SPECIMEN UMMZ_304642, Ayeryarwaddy River, mud bank on E side of river, Mandalay Division, Burma. 21.48187, 95.30501.

Anodontites elongata Whelan et al., 2011 = Tamsiella schroeteriana

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Graf et al., 2015. MPE 85: 3.
Bolotov et al., 2016. MPE 103: 108.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 178.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 208.
Combosch et al., 2017. MPE 107: 195.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2018. MPE 120: 302.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2018. MPE 127: 103.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Bolotov et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 116.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): 3.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 101.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: 195.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823)

Lamellidens generosus Whelan et al., 2011 = Lamellidens savadiensis

‘Gould’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013. J. Moll. Studies 79: 251.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): 310.
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207.
Pfeiffer et al., 2018. J. Moll. Studies 84(4): [3].
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 117.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio generosus Gould, 1847)

Potomida littoralis Whelan et al., 2011 = Potomida semirugata

‘Cuvier’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2021. Sci. Repts. 11: Table S1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2021. Eur. J. Taxonomy 775: 125.
Bolotov et al., 2022. Hindawi 6600359: Table S1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2023. Diversity 15(1), 10: Table S2.
Konopleva et al., 2023. Zoosyst. Evol. 99(1): Table S1.
Dai et al., 2023. Invert. Syst. 37(2): Table 1. [in part]
Kongim et al., 2023. Tropical Nat. Hist. 7: Table 1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2024. Zoosyst. Evol. 100(4): Table S1.
Dai et al., 2024. Zoosyst. Evol. 100(4): Table 2.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1224: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus Graf, 2002 = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf, 2002. J. Moll. Studies 68: 66.
Graf & Cummings, 2006. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506. [in part]
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): 310. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Pseudodon aff. vondembuschianus sp. 2’]. [in part]
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
Konopleva et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
(reference to Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus Walker et al., 2006 = Sundadontina tumida

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 508. [in part]
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 281.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Oxynaia pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

Parreysia mandelayensis (Theobald, 1873) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis 1 (Cuvier, 1798) = Potomida littoralis

Potomida littoralis 2 (Cuvier, 1798) = Potomida littoralis

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis Woodward, 1991

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus (Lea, 1840)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Radiatula bonneaudi (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

 
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