MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Lamellidens
species Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819): specimens
13 available nominal species synonyms (22 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Lamellidens marginalis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Nesemann et al. (2007), Burdi et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Bolotov et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Konopleva et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 1 — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
“Lamellidens marginalis” ** — Konopleva et al. (2017), Jeratthitikul et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020)
“Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 2” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
“Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 3” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019)
“Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 4” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 5 — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
“Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 4” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017)
“Lamellidens marginalis” ** — Konopleva et al. (2017), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)
“Lamellidens corrianus” ** — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
“Lamellidens marginalis” ** — Imsong & Murali (2023)
Lamellidens (corrianus-group) corrianus — Bolotov et al. (2024)
Range
Widespread in India (including Sri Lanka), Pakistan and Nepal. (East Asia: AS7)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Type Specimens
BMNH_1965179
Ceylon
holotype
Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859
Other Specimens by Collection | show by country
27 Specimens from ANSP
ANSP_366281
E. Indies
ANSP_125483
Karali Tanks, India
ANSP_359978
Maizdii, Noakhali District, 24 35 --N 091 40 --E
ANSP_359979
Noakhali District, 22 45 --N 091 10 --E
ANSP_359977
22, 92
ANSP_359975
A small beal... 22, 92 Bangladesh
ANSP_359976
Coxbazar, freshwater stream
ANSP_125649
Bengal
ANSP_125485
Bengal, India
ANSP_41876
Cashmere
ANSP_125484
Ganges
ANSP_125488
India
ANSP_125651
India
ANSP_41878
India
ANSP_68499
India
ANSP_232404
Madras, India
ANSP_41877
River Ganges
ANSP_125648
Vellanr River, India
ANSP_125486
Vellanur River, India
ANSP_41775
Ceylon
ANSP_125487
Ceylon, India
ANSP_125508
Colombo Lake, Ceylon
ANSP_125507
Kaigalle, Ceylon
ANSP_41776
Trincomalia, Ceylon
ANSP_125482
[no locality available - Asia]
ANSP_125650
[no locality available - Asia]
ANSP_125655
[no locality available - Asia]
71 Specimens from BMNH
BMNH_MP_D279
.... Bengal
BMNH_MP_D293
.... Calcutta
BMNH_MP_D290
[locality illegible - Asia]
BMNH_MP_D296
[locality illegible - Asia]
BMNH_MP_D310
Kiran River, nr Jal.....
BMNH_1910-10-12-1-2
Kottar
BMNH_463-06-1-1
Kurnool Dist.
BMNH_2392-03-7-1
Parum River, Jeypur, Katalghur
BMNH_MP_D283
Poonaualee [?], Madras
BMNH_3295-03-7-1
South Maharatta [Maharashtra?] country
BMNH_464-06-1-1
stream near Hengua, Nagpur
BMNH_MP_D291
Sylhet, India
BMNH_MP_0643
[Bengal]
BMNH_3180-03-7-1
Amboolee
BMNH_3182-03-7-1
Amboolee Ghat, below Waner
BMNH_MP_D356
Assam
BMNH_MP_D306
Belguam, Bombay, Deccan
BMNH_1907-10-28-252
Belguam, Deccan
BMNH_1907-10-28-284
Belguam, Deccan
BMNH_MP_D295
Bengal
BMNH_MP_D297
Bengal
BMNH_MP_D299
Bengal
BMNH_MP_D334
Bengal
BMNH_MP_0645
Bengal
BMNH_MP_0644
British Medical Hospital Grounds, Calcutta
BMNH_MP_D285
Calcutta
BMNH_88-12-4-1660-1662
Calcutta
BMNH_45B-06-1-1
Calcutta
BMNH_MP_0640
Calcutta
BMNH_88-12-4-1652-1654
Chandernagore [West Bengal]
BMNH_98-12-4-1655-7
Chandernagore [West Bengal]
BMNH_MP_D330
Coimbatore Lake
BMNH_MP_D338
Coimbatore Lake
BMNH_MP_0627
Coimbatore Lake
BMNH_91-9-19-56-4-8
India
BMNH_MP_D298
Kattiawar [Prov. India]
BMNH_MP_D305
Kistna River
BMNH_449-06-1-1
Kosi River, between Moradabad and Rampur
BMNH_MP_0639
Lal Bagh tank, Bangalore
BMNH_MP_0642
Madras [?]
BMNH_474-06-1-1
Manbhoom, SW Bengal
BMNH_88-12-4-1668
Manbhum, India
BMNH_MP_D332
Moradabad
BMNH_MP_D301
Nagpur
BMNH_MP_D287
Poona
BMNH_MP_D289
Poona
BMNH_MP_0628
Poona
BMNH_68-12-11-41
Poona, W India
BMNH_429-06-1-1
Poonassa
BMNH_MP_D303
Southern India
BMNH_MP_D302
Tezpur, Assam
BMNH_MP_0647
Tirhoot, Bengal
BMNH_MP_0641
Ulsoor tank, Bangalore
BMNH_1907-10-28-145
Burmah
BMNH_MP_D292
Mandalay
BMNH_2405-03-7-1
Pegu
BMNH_MP_D294
Pegu
BMNH_87-3-10-466-467
Rangoon
BMNH_MP_D300
Tonghu, Burmah
BMNH_MP_D039
Ceylon
BMNH_MP_D304
Ceylon
BMNH_MP_D353
Ceylon
BMNH_MP_D357
Ceylon
BMNH_MP_D313
Kandy Lake
BMNH_MP_D315
Kandy Lake
BMNH_MP_D314
Kandy Lake, Ceylon
BMNH_MP_0646
Peradeniya, Ceylon
BMNH_MP_D288
[no locality available - Asia]
BMNH_448-06-1-1
[no locality available - Asia]
BMNH_MP_0637
[no locality available - Asia]
BMNH_MP_0638
[no locality available - Asia]
2 Specimens from CAS
CAS_180833
BURMA [UNION OF MYANMAR]: Ayeyarwady River: Sagaing Division: just N of Ywapale village 21.67209, 95.36214
CAS_180832
Chindwin River, Paukin, fisheries Dept. office, Burma. 21.81347, 95.19746
19 Specimens from FMNH
FMNH_147104
Helmand R. floodplain, 518 m, 10 m S Kang, Chakhansoor Province, Afghanistan. 30° 58’N; 61° 54’E
FMNH_167979
Dacca, East Pakistan
FMNH_70879
river bank near village 8 mi S Dacca, East Pakistan
FMNH_21765
Bengal, India
FMNH_70926
Berar Province, India
FMNH_21763
Bhandara District, Central Province, India
FMNH_68295
Calcutta, India
FMNH_21766
Coome River near Madras, India
FMNH_22253
Lucknow, India
FMNH_59123
Lucknow, India
FMNH_21762
Vallam River, India
FMNH_21767
Rangoon, Burma
FMNH_167949
Lake Rawal, Islamabad, Pakistan
FMNH_24522
Manchar Lake, Sindh, India
FMNH_21768
Ceylon
FMNH_64965
Ceylon
FMNH_21802
Ceylon
FMNH_22254
Lake of Kandy, Ceylon
FMNH_6398
[no locality available - Asia]
2 Specimens from INHS
INHS_79652
trib. to Padma, Jessore, Jessore, Bangladesh
INHS_31684
Ulhas River, Titvala Village, Thane, Maharashtra, India
24 Specimens from MCZ
MCZ_MP_336
.....India
MCZ_MP_327
....Pegu
MCZ_MP_338
la ......., Inde
MCZ_MP_332
Lac de Dousoyi [?], District Madras
MCZ_101873
Ballygunge College, Calcutta, India
MCZ_792
Bengal
MCZ_46834
Bombay, India
MCZ_MP_337
Calcutta
MCZ_MP_340
Calcutta
MCZ_102069
Calcutta, India
MCZ_17063
creek of the Suttlege R., near Rupar, N India
MCZ_MP_333
Hindostan
MCZ_MP_326
Inde
MCZ_MP_329
India
MCZ_17049
India
MCZ_87558
Madras, India
MCZ_102070
Pondichery, India
MCZ_MP_328
Rangoon, India
MCZ_255772
Chuch Sareka, Sind, W. Pakistan
MCZ_MP_324
lake at Tatta in Indus Delta, Sind, Pakistan
MCZ_175562
Ceylon
MCZ_MP_335
Ceylon
MCZ_MP_339
Ceylon
MCZ_17080
Ceylon
28 Specimens from MNHN
MNHN_MP_2838
Lac d’ Daradji
MNHN_MP_2858
Wajra Karrur (dans un Puits)
MNHN_MP_2817
Bengal
MNHN_MP_2825
Bengale
MNHN_MP_2831
Bengale
MNHN_MP_2823
Calcutta
MNHN_MP_2849
Calcutta
MNHN_MP_2822
Chandernagor [India]
MNHN_MP_2855
Étang de Darodji, Mysore
MNHN_MP_2835
Gange
MNHN_MP_2862
Grand Aldee, Karikal [Pondicherry]
MNHN_MPL_0031
Habite au Bengale, dans les rizières [sic]... La variété [b] vient de l’ile de Ceylon....Mon cabinet. [Lives in Bengal, in rice [sic]... The [b] variety comes from the island of Ceylon...My cabinet. ]
MNHN_MP_2833
Inde
MNHN_MP_2837
Inde
MNHN_MP_2819
Indes
MNHN_MP_2828
Indes
MNHN_MP_2861
Le Gange
MNHN_MP_2836
Pondichery
MNHN_MP_2840
Pondichery
MNHN_MP_2850
Pondichery
MNHN_MP_2851
Pondichery
MNHN_MP_2853
Pondichery
MNHN_MP_2865
Pondichery
MNHN_MP_2859
Pondichery .... [?]
MNHN_MP_2842
Mandalay, Birmanie
MNHN_MP_2843
Mandalay, Birmanie
MNHN_MP_2860
Ceylon
MNHN_MP_2887
Ceylon, lac de Kandy
2 Specimens from NCSM
NCSM_55425
Asia, Ganges Basin, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Ramna Lake [Lake at Ramna Park], [point estimated 1.88 air miles NNW center Dhakaj/Daçca. 23.73631° N. 90.40079° E
NCSM_47246
Asia, Ganges Basin, Nepal, Mechī, Jhapa Co., Bhusudi Khola, W center Bhadrapur, [point estimated 4.2 air miles ESE cnter Tanahun]. 27.89972° N, 84.31639° E
39 Specimens from SMF
SMF_14431
Alut-Oyá [Alut Oya, 53 km SSW von Trincomalee], Nord-Zeylon [Ceylon/Sri Lanka] [Sri Lanka Nord-Zentralprovinz]
SMF_14429
Anuradhapore [Anuradhapura], Zeylon [Ceylon/Sri Lanka] [Sri Lanka Nord-Zentralprovinz]
SMF_14395
Ganges [Indien]
SMF_83260
Ganges [Indien]
SMF_14396
Hazrapore bei Tessore [richtig: Jessore], Bengalen [Bangladesch Khulna: Jessore]
SMF_14403
Indien
SMF_14414
Indien
SMF_14402
Kalkutta [Kolkata] [Indien Westbengalen]
SMF_14407
Kalkutta [Kolkata] [Indien Westbengalen]
SMF_14423
Kalkutta [Kolkata] [Indien Westbengalen]
SMF_83261
Kattawar [Kattawar = Halbinsel Kathiawar], Indien [Gujarat]
SMF_14416
Manbhoom [ehemaliger Distrikt Manbhum], Bengalen [Indien Westbengalen: Purulia]
SMF_14410
Nalah bei Chandri [wo?], Sindh [Pakistan Sindh]
SMF_14405
Nalah bei Chaudri [wo?], Sindh [Pakistan Sindh]
SMF_14409
Ost-Indien
SMF_14408
Pondicherri [Pondicherry, Puducherry], Indien
SMF_14411
Songhoo [wo?], Birmah [Myanmar]
SMF_14413
Süd-Indien
SMF_14399
Sundarbarns-Distrikt [Sundarbans], südlich von Kalkutta [Kolkata] [Indien Westbengalen]
SMF_14419
Bombay [Mumbai] [Gewässer?] [Indien Maharashtra]
SMF_14417
Dindigul, nördlich [52 km NNW] von Madura [Madurai], Süd-Indien [Indien Tamil Nadu]
SMF_14415
Indien Westbengalen Indien [genauer: Calcutta [Kalkutta/Kolkata]
SMF_14397
Madras [Chennai] [Indien Tamil Nadu]
SMF_14398
Madras [Chennai] [Indien Tamil Nadu]
SMF_14401
Madras [Chennai] [Indien Tamil Nadu]
SMF_14404
Madras [Chennai] [Indien Tamil Nadu]
SMF_14406
Madras [Chennai] [Indien Tamil Nadu]
SMF_83257
Madras Indein
SMF_133747
Madras, Brit, O. Indien
SMF_14436
Oberes Assam [Indien]
SMF_168231
Pegu
SMF_133746
Pakistan (Distr. Dadu): Manchar See
SMF_83258
Ceylon
SMF_14422
See von Kandy, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] [Sri Lanka Zentralprovinz: Kandy]
SMF_14432
See von Kandy, Zeylon [Ceylon/Sri Lanka] [Sri Lanka Zentralprovinz: Kandy]
SMF_14430
Zeylon [Ceylon/Sri Lanka]
SMF_14433
Zeylon [Ceylon/Sri Lanka]
6 Specimens from UF
34 Specimens from UMMZ
UMMZ_110816
Hamum Helmand, Lobi Baring, Seistan, Persia
UMMZ_110815
Hamum Helmand, Seistan, Persia
UMMZ_248776
8 mi S Dacca, East Pakistan
UMMZ_110830
New Guinea [No - China]
UMMZ_110551
Bengal, British India
UMMZ_110821
Bengal, India
UMMZ_110828
Bengal, India
UMMZ_57109
Bombay, British India
UMMZ_110558
Calcutta, India
UMMZ_110850
Calcutta, India
UMMZ_110550
Ganges River, India
UMMZ_110808
Hindostan, India
UMMZ_110553
India
UMMZ_4456
Lucknow, India
UMMZ_248775
Madhurabani, Bengal, India
UMMZ_23068
Madras
UMMZ_22856
Madras, India
UMMZ_110834
Malabar, India
UMMZ_110552
Pondicherry, India
UMMZ_110811
Pondicherry, India
UMMZ_22845
Pondichery
UMMZ_60366
River Coome, at Madras, British India
UMMZ_110809
Wajra Karroor [Karur], Madras, India
UMMZ_110557
Wajra-Karroor, Madras Presidency, Southern India
UMMZ_110554
Mandalay, Burma
UMMZ_110822
Mandalay, Burma
UMMZ_110810
Pegu, Burma
UMMZ_110820
Pegu, Burma
UMMZ_110555
Tenasserim, Burma
UMMZ_110559
Ceylon
UMMZ_110827
Ceylon
UMMZ_110549
Ceylon, British India
UMMZ_110829
Trincomalia, Ceylon
UMMZ_110560
Siam
23 Specimens from USNM
USNM_17386
Bengal
USNM_43636
Calcutta
USNM_86032
Calcutta, India
USNM_86033
Ganges, India
USNM_149792
India
USNM_30032
India
USNM_40843
India
USNM_73081
India
USNM_87765
India ?
USNM_568946
Murah, Calcutta, India
USNM_348630
naer Kamptee, India
USNM_332114
Punjab, India
USNM_87780
tanks at Bombay, India
USNM_127023
Mandalay, Birmah
USNM_127030
Mandalay, Birmah
USNM_43639
Pegu
USNM_250714
Pegu, India
USNM_127032
Prome, Birmah
USNM_149794
Ceylon
USNM_40806
Ceylon
USNM_98550
Ceylon (Kandy)
USNM_204007
Kandy, Ceylon (in a lake)
USNM_41170
[no locality available - Asia]
1 Specimens from ZMB
ZMB_MP_0397
[no locality available - Asia - India]
1 Specimens from other collections
HMC_2101
Lake NE of Tangalle, Indian Ocean Near Weligama, Sri Lanka [6.034738, 80.781960]
GenBank Vouchers
Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers
India
FBRC_ZSI_1227 (RLm3). (COI: KP268833, go to GenBank) India: Krishna River, 16.36°N, 79.17°E, Nagarjuna Sagar, Telangana.
FBRC_ZSI_1227 (RLm4). (COI: KP268834, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_3761_SBM12. (COI: KF690121, go to GenBank) India: Maharashtra.
Mp_3761_SBM2. (COI: KF690119, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_3764_SBM16. (COI: KF690118, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_3764_SBM24. (COI: KF690108, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_3764_SBM9. (COI: KF690120, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_4369_SBM25. (COI: KF690109, go to GenBank) ditto.
FBRC_ZSI_1226 (RLm2). (COI: KP268832, go to GenBank) India: Tenali, 16.11°N, 80.37°E, Krishna River basin, Andhra Pradesh.
Mp_4369_RLm1. (COI: KP268831, go to GenBank) ditto.
Nepal
SMF_348831/16.01 [SMF_bf_72B]. (COI: OK480020, go to GenBank) Nepal: Hetauda, brook at fish ponds, 27.41°N, 85.05°E, Ganges River basin, Narayani Zone, Central Region.
SMF_356604/5.01 [SMF_bf_57A]. (COI: OK480018, go to GenBank) Nepal: Khudi khola, 28.16°N, 84.09°E, Ganges River basin, Gandaki Zone, Western Region.
SMF_348826/14.03 [SMF_bf_67B]. (COI: OK480015, go to GenBank) Nepal: Magarbudhi khola, 27.59°N, 84.49°E, Ganges River basin, Narayani Zone, Central Region.
SMF_348826/14.04 [SMF_bf_67A]. (COI: OK480017, go to GenBank) ditto.
GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced
CIIMAR_BIV1953. (16S: MZ519043, 16S: PP693688, 18S: PP693699, 28S: MZ519280, 28S: PP693715, COI: MZ512203, COI: PP697620, ND1: PP706143, go to GenBank)
FBRC ZSI DNA 1563. (COI: PV435134, go to GenBank)
Mp_4369_NMCS1. (COI: MW680785, go to GenBank)
