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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

genus Schistodesmus Simpson, 1900: species

1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (28)

Range: Lower Yangtze Basin, Jiangsu to Hubei Province, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Schistodesmus luqiaoensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces, northern China. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Schistodesmus spinosus

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (3 + 8 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Yangtze River, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Schistodesmus tongpenensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Guanxi, Hunan, and Hubei provinces, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Schistodesmus xinyuensis

Schistodesmus xinyuensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (8 + 13 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Yangtze Basin near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1
other links: MolluscaBase

Schistodesmus trapezoidus B.-Y. Huang, 1981 (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: China, fossil.

other links: MolluscaBase

 
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