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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Bolotov et al. (2018): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., J.M. Pfeiffer, E.S. Konopleva, I.V. Vikhrev, A.V. Kondakov et al. 2018. A new genus and tribe of freshwater mussel (Unionidae) from Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports 8. 10030 (12 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934

Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934

Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina sp. = Sinanodonta lauta

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Bineurus aff. mouhotii sp. 1 (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Bineurus aff. mouhotii sp. 2 (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Bineurus aff. mouhotii sp. 3 (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca sp. 1 (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Contradens aff. contradens sp. 1 (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens eximius (Lea, 1856) = Lens eximius

Contradens sp. ‘Nam long’ = Lens comptus

Contradens sp. ‘Vieng Phou Kha’ = Lens novoselovi

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Ensidens aff. sagittarius sp. 1 (Lea, 1856) = Ensidens sagittarius

Ensidens aff. sagittarius sp. 2 (Lea, 1856) = Ensidens sagittarius

Ensidens aff. sagittarius sp. 3 (Lea, 1856) = Ensidens sagittarius

Ensidens cf. ingallsianus (Lea, 1852) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856)

Hyriopsis sp. 2 = Hyriopsis khoratensis

Indochinella pugio (Benson, 1862)

Indonaia aff. khadakvaslaensis sp. 1 Ray, 1966 = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Indonaia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Indonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831)

Indonaia lima (Simpson, 1900) = Pseudoscabies scobina

Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 3 (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens brandti Bolotov, Konopleva & Vikhrev, 2017 = Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Leoparreysia canefrii Vikhrev, Bolotov & Kondakov, 2017

Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)

Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)

Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 1 (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2 (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monodontina cambodjensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1865) = Pseudodon cambodjensis

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Nodularia diespiter (Mabille, 1887)

Nodularia dorri (Wattebled, 1886)

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Nodularia gladiator (Ancey, 1881)

Nodularia jourdyi (Morlet, 1886) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia micheloti (Morlet, 1886)

Nodularia nuxpersicae Dunker, 1848

Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 1 (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 2 (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Physunio modelli Brandt, 1974

Pilsbryoconcha aff. exilis sp. 1 (Lea, 1838) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha compressa (Martens, 1860) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon bogani Bolotov, Kondakov & Konopleva, 2017 = Indopseudodon bogani

Pseudodon manueli Konopleva, Kondakov & Vikrev, 2017 = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Radiatula cf. bonneaudii sp. 1 (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii

Radiatula humilis (Lea, 1856) = Scabies humilis

Radiatula humilis sp. 2 (Lea, 1856) = Scabies humilis

Radiatula humilis sp. 3 (Lea, 1856) = Scabies humilis

Radiatula mouhoti Vikhrev, Bolotov & Konopleva, 2017

Radiatula myitkyinae (Prashad, 1930)

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Trapezidens dolichorhynchus (Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)

Trapezoideus nesemanni Konopleva, Vikhrev & Bolotov, 2017 = Yaukthwa nesemanni

Trapezoideus panhai Konopleva, Bolotov & Kondakov, 2017 = Yaukthwa panhai

Trapezoideus sp. ‘Salween’ = Yaukthwa inlenensis

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris