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Publication Wu et al. (2018): summary

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Wu, R.-W., Y.-T. Liu, S. Wang, X.-J. Lio, D.T. Zanatta et al. 2018. Testing the utility of DNA barcodes and a preliminary phylogenetic framework for Chinese freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the middle and lower Yangtze River. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 1-19. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio crassus Soroka, 2005 = Unio nanus

‘Philippson’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2005. Zool. Sci. 22: 1138, Table 1.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): Table 2. [in part]
Reis et al., 2013. Graellsia 69(1): 22, Table 2.
Prié & Puillandre, 2014. Hydrobiologia 735(1): online resource 1 [as ‘Unio crassus crassus’].
Douda et al., 2014. J. Appl. Ecol. 51: 1087. [in part]
Froufe et al., 2016. Org Divers Evol 16(3): 606, fig. 3. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2017. Zootaxa 4286(1): 98, Table 3.
Soroka & Burzynski, 2017. mtDNA B 2(2): 863.
Burzynski et al., 2017. MPE 107: 606.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): Table S1 [as ‘Unio crassus crassus’]. [in part]
Araujo et al., 2018. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 182(2): supplementary table. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2018. Systemat. Biodiv. 16(3): 291.
Burzynski & Soroka, 2018. PeerJ 6, e5573: 3.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 10(4): 611.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 140.
Cha et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 946.
Aunins et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 1125.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 6. [in part]
Klishko et al., 2019. Ruthenica 29(1): 57, Table 1.
Wu et al., 2019. ZooKeys 812: 29.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S5. [in part]
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): 3489.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): Table S1.
Froufe et al., 2019. Heredity 124: 185.
Soroka, 2020. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 58(2): Table 2.
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): 1216.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 99.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: Table S2.
Kilikowska et al., 2020. Life 10(7): 1. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2021. MPE 163: fig. 6 [by voucher number]. [in part]
Sayenko et al., 2021. Systemat. Biodiv. 19: 58, Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 2.
Zieritz et al., 2021. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 193(3): 1092.
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): 80.
Pfarrer et al., 2022. Hydrobiologia 849: ESM1.
Wu et al., 2022. Zool. Scripta 51: Table S2.
Dai et al., 2023. Invert. Syst. 37(2): Table 2.
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2023. Org Divers Evol (2023): Table 2.
Dai et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2024. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 2024, 1499508: Table 2.
Wu et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53(5): Table S3.
Dai et al., 2024. Invert. Syst. 38(6): Table 3. [in part]
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Tables S2-S3.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Tables 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Anemina globosula Wu et al., 2018 = Anemina arcaeformis

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 4.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S1.
(reference to Anodon globosula Heude, 1878)

Cuneopsis heudei Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 = Cuneopsis szechenyii

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Liu et al., 2017. PLoS One 12(12 ), e0189737: Table S4.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: Table 2.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 5.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Tables S1, S4. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1. [in part]
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1. [in part]
Wu et al., 2022. Zool. Scripta 51: Table S1. [in part]
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2023. Zoosyst. Evol. 99(1): Table S1.
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1166: Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table S2. [in part]
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio heudei Heude, 1874)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus Huang et al., 2002 = Schistodesmus xinyuensis

‘Baird & Adams’ of Authors.
Huang et al., 2002. J. Moll. Studies 68: Table 1.
Zhang et al., 2004. Acta Hydrobiol. Sinica 28(3): fig. 1.
Zhou et al., 2007. Acta Zool. Sinica 53(6): Table 1.
Szumowski et al., 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): Table S3.
Liu et al., 2017. PLoS One 12(12 ), e0189737: Table S4.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: Table 2.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2019. ZooKeys 812: 29.
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): fig. 1.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Tables S1, S4. [in part]
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): fig. 1.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: Table S2.
Wu et al., 2020. Malacologia 63(1): Table 1.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1.
Choi et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S5.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1.
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): fig. 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Tables 1-2.
Wu et al., 2022. Zool. Scripta 51: Tables S1-S2.
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022. Mol. Biol. Rep. 49: Table S1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Dai et al., 2023. Invert. Syst. 37(2): Table 2.
Wu et al., 2023. Org Divers Evol (2023): Table 2.
Wu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1166: Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Bogan et al., 2023. Diversity 15(6), 710: Table 1.
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: Table 1.
Dai et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53: Tables 1, S2.
Wu et al., 2024. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 2024, 1499508: Table 2.
Wu et al., 2024. Zool. Scripta 53(5): Tables S2-S3.
Dai et al., 2024. Invert. Syst. 38(6): Tables 2-3.
Hou et al., 2024. Invert. Syst. 38, IS24071: Table 2.
Hou et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(1): Table S2.
Hou et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(1): Table S2.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Tables 1-2.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table S3.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Dysnomia) lampreyanus Baird & Adams, 1867)

Solenaia triangularis Wu et al., 2018 = Koreosolenaia sitgyensis

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 7. [in part]
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
(misidentified reference to Mycetopus triangularis Heude, 1885)

Solenaia triangularis Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 = Parvasolenaia rivularis

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 7. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mycetopus triangularis Heude, 1885)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula coreana (Martens, 1886)

Aculamprotula fibrosa (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875)

Aculamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Acuticosta ovata (Simpson, 1900)

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina angula Tchang et al., 1965 = Sinanodonta angula

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anemina globosula (Heude, 1878) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896)

Fusconaia burkei (Ortmann & Walker, 1922)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lanceolaria eucylindrica Lin, 1962

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayii (Lea, 1834)

Lanceolaria triformis (Heude, 1877)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878)

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Solenaia carinata (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia carinata

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Solenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877) = Parvasolenaia rivularis

Solenaia triangularis (Heude, 1885) = Parvasolenaia triangularis

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Villosa arkansasensis (Lea, 1862) = Obovaria arkansasensis
 
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