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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini

genus Lamellidens Simpson, 1900: species

3 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens candaharicus

Lamellidens candaharicus (Hutton, 1849)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (4)

Range: From eastern Iran and Afghanistan. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Lamellidens chindwinensis Bolotov, Konopleva, Chan, Lunn, Win, Gofarov, Kondakov, Tomilova & Vikhrev, 2022

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0 + 6 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Chindwin River, Myanmar. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens corrianus

Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)

syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (47 + 23 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in India, Myanmar and Bangladesh, as well as Nepal. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens ferrugineus

Lamellidens ferrugineus (Annandale, 1918)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (4 + 23 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Salween Basin, Myanmar. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii) (Physunio ferrugineus), Data Deficient (Physunio micropteroides)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens friersoni

Lamellidens friersoni (Simpson, 1914)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Northeastern India. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Physunio velaris)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

syonymy (11 available, 16 total) | specimens (58 + 61 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Myanmar, including the Irrawaddy and Salween basins. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lamellidens consobrinus), Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Lamellidens jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (5 + 21 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in northeastern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. (East Asia)

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

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens lamellatus

Lamellidens lamellatus (Lea, 1838)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (50 + 4 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in India. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens mainwaringi

Lamellidens mainwaringi Preston, 1912

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (12 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Endemic to the Ganga River system, India, Nepal, and Myanmar. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lamellidens phenchooganjensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

syonymy (12 available, 21 total) | specimens (252 + 14 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in India (including Sri Lanka), Pakistan and Nepal. (East Asia)

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

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens nongyangensis

Lamellidens nongyangensis Preston, 1912

syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (2 + 29 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Northeastern India, Nepal, and Myanmar. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lamellidens narainpirensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens savadiensis

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877)

syonymy (4 available, 8 total) | specimens (7 + 35 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Irrawaddy, Sittaung, and Salween rivers in Myanmar. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ND1, SRA
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Lamellidens unioides

Lamellidens unioides Nesemann & Sharma in Nesemann et al., 2007

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

Range: Described from Bihar and West Bengal, India. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Lamellidens indicus (Modell, 1969) (Tertiary)

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

Range: Tertiary, Pakistan. (East Asia)

 
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