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species Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Inversidens japanensis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Chapman et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Breton et al. (2009), ... Kongim et al. (2015), Mitchell et al. (2016), Guerra et al. (2017), Amaro et al. (2017), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Pronodularia japanensis — Kondo et al. (2007), Kondo (2008), Shirai et al. (2010), Whelan et al. (2011), Pfeiffer & Graf (2013), ... Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Unio japanensis — Huang et al. (2013), Burzynski et al. (2017)
“Unio” japanensis — Zhou et al. (2016)
Pronodluaria [sic] japanensis — Wu et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2018)
Pronodularia cf. japanensis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)

Range

Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pronodularia japanensis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

ANSP_KAT_10426	ANSP_KAT_4190	ANSP_KAT_6309
ANSP_KAT_9823	MNHN_MP_2799 St. Mauro

Japan

UMMZ_110073 Fongonto, Japan	FMNH_120683 Higashi-tokida, Ise, Japan	ANSP_244865 Hikone, Lake Biwa, Honshu, Japan
USNM_127634 Hitachi, Japan	FMNH_59344 Japan	UMMZ_109696 Japan
UMMZ_57113 Japan	MNHN_MP_2800 Japan	MNHN_MP_2801 Japan
MNHN_MP_2802 Japan	MNHN_MP_2803 Japan	UMMZ_110072 Japan
MNHN_MP_2805 Japan	MNHN_MP_2830 Japan	USNM_150054 Japan
USNM_152614 Japan	USNM_172691 Japan	USNM_187259 Japan
INHS_21575 Japan	INHS_21576 Japan	INHS_21577 Japan
BMNH_1907-12-21-82-85 Japan	ANSP_49692 Japan	UMMZ_23059 Japan
USNM_249615 Japan	BMNH_MP_0698 Japan	UMMZ_23457 Japan
BMNH_1965181 Japan	ANSP_119929 Kamakura, Japan	ANSP_49616 Kamakura, Japan
MNHN_MP_2820 Kii, Japan	UMMZ_109697 Kisennuma, Rikuzen, Japan	ANSP_80692 Kizenmura, Rikuzen [Japan]
ANSP_43463 L. Biwa, Japan	BMNH_85-12-10-36-9 Lake Biwa	BMNH_85-12-10-40-2 Lake Biwa
FMNH_21776 Lake Biwa, Japan	UMMZ_184020 Lake Otsu, Biwa Province, Japan	SMF_168232 loc. paddy fields near Tokyo [Japan]
FMNH_20182 near Tokyo, Japan	FMNH_90227 near Tokyo, Japan	UMMZ_109694 Ogura Yamshiro, Japan
USNM_218088 Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan	ANSP_80688 Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan	ANSP_80689 Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan
FMNH_68075 Oguraike, Japan	UMMZ_50250 outlet to Koyama Ike, near Tottori, Japan	USNM_124203 paddy fields near Tokyo [Japan]
ANSP_48096 River Biwa, Yokohama, Japan	MNHN_MP_2821 Shirosaki [Japan]	MNHN_MP_2804 Tokio [Japan]
MNHN_MP_2818 Tokio [Japan]	UMMZ_4438 Tokyo, Japan	SMF_13662 Umgebung von Yokohama [Japan Kanagawa]
USNM_346082 Uzen, Japan	USNM_346082 Uzen, Japan	FMNH_68297 Uzen, Japan
BMNH_MP_0704 Yamashiro, Japan	ANSP_80691 Yanakawa, Chikugo, Japan	UMMZ_109693 Yokohama, Japan
MNHN_MP_2808 Yokohama, Japan	UMMZ_109695 Yone-gawa, Uzen, Japan

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

MHS_PJYG -01. (COI: MT020688, go to Genbank) Akagawa River, Yamagata, Japan (38.7612, 139.8527).

MHS_PJST-10. (28S: MT020832, COI: MT020703, go to Genbank) Arakawa River, Saitama, Japan (36.1229, 139.3433).

CIIMAR_BIV553. (28S: KU946634, COI: KU946950, go to Genbank) Asahi River, Okayama, Japan (34.6892, 133.9644).

OMNH_Mo_39132_1. (COI: MT020692, go to Genbank) Asahi River, Okayama, Japan (34.6924, 133.9473).

OMNH_Mo_39132_2. (COI: MT020690, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_MPj-ok02. (28S: MT020831, COI: MT020689, go to Genbank) Asahi River, Okayama, Japan (34.768, 133.9444).

Mp_4138_Pj14-02f. (16S: LC223997, COI: LC518999, go to Genbank) Gifu, Japan.

Mp_4138_Pj14-05f. (16S: LC223998, 28S: LC519066, COI: LC519000, go to Genbank) ditto.

OMNH_Mo_39124_4. (COI: MT020701, go to Genbank) Harai River, Mie, Japan (34.5573, 136.6078).

Mp_4138_Pj04-01SUTO. (16S: LC224001, 28S: LC519067, COI: LC519001, go to Genbank) Hiroshima, Japan.

Mp_4138_Pj04-03SUTO. (16S: LC224002, COI: LC519002, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_PJGF-01. (COI: MT020699, go to Genbank) Ijira River, Gifu, Japan (35.5145, 136.732).

IDEA_Shell007. (28S: LC648491, go to Genbank) Japan.

IDEA_Shell008. (28S: LC648492, go to Genbank) ditto.

NCSM_27183. (16S: KU946322, 28S: KX822615, COI: KX822659, mtGenome: AB055625, go to Genbank) ditto.

IDEA_Shell057. (28S: LC648532, go to Genbank) Japan:Fukui, Tsuruga city, Izumi.

Mp_4466_Un210010. (COI: LC656348, go to Genbank) Japan:Iwate.

Mp_4466_Un210011. (COI: LC656349, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210012. (COI: LC656350, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210013. (COI: LC656351, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210014. (COI: LC656352, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210020. (COI: LC704496, go to Genbank) Japan:Okayama.

Mp_4466_Un210021. (COI: LC704497, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210022. (COI: LC704498, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210023. (COI: LC704499, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210024. (COI: LC704500, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210025. (COI: LC704501, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210026. (COI: LC704502, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210027. (COI: LC704503, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210039. (COI: LC704515, go to Genbank) Japan:Tochigi.

Mp_4466_Un210040. (COI: LC704516, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210041. (COI: LC704517, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210042. (COI: LC704518, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4466_Un210043. (COI: LC704519, go to Genbank) ditto.

OMNH_Mo_39125_1. (COI: MT020697, go to Genbank) Kase River, Saga, Japan (33.2749, 130.2674).

OMNH_Mo_39129_3. (COI: MT020694, go to Genbank) Kiyotake River, Miyazaki, Japan (31.8464, 131.425).

MHS_PJGF-02. (COI: MT020700, go to Genbank) Mimizu River, Gifu, Japan (35.4498, 136.632).

MHS_PJTT-01. (COI: MT020693, go to Genbank) Oda River, Tottori, Japan (35.5502, 134.3183).

Mp_4138_Pj25-06. (16S: LC223996, COI: LC518998, go to Genbank) Sakai, Yamagata, Japan.

Mp_4138_Pj-k. (16S: LC224019, COI: LC519003, go to Genbank) Sakurai, Nara, Japan.

OMNH_Mo_39133_1. (COI: MT020691, go to Genbank) Yogo River, Shiga, Japan (35.5043, 136.2072).

OMNH_Mo_39133_3. (COI: MT020698, go to Genbank) ditto.

OMNH_Mo_39128_1. (COI: MT020696, go to Genbank) Yue River, Nagasaki, Japan (32.8309, 130.322).

OMNH_Mo_39128_3. (COI: MT020695, go to Genbank) ditto.

OMNH_Mo_39130_5. (COI: MT020702, go to Genbank) Yusaka River, Tochigi, Japan (36.9067, 140.0801).