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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini | Pronodularia

species Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Inversidens japanensisGraf (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 japanensisKondo et al. (2007), Kondo (2008), Shirai et al. (2010), Whelan et al. (2011), Pfeiffer & Graf (2013), ... Zhang et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Unio japanensisHuang et al. (2013), Burzynski et al. (2017)
“Unio” japanensisZhou et al. (2016)
Pronodluaria [sic] japanensisWu et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2018)
Pronodularia cf. japanensisLopes-Lima et al. (2020)

Range

Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pronodularia japanensis

MUSSELp Specimen Records


image of lot ANSP_KAT_10426
ANSP_KAT_10426

image of lot ANSP_KAT_4190
ANSP_KAT_4190

image of lot ANSP_KAT_6309
ANSP_KAT_6309

image of lot ANSP_KAT_9823
ANSP_KAT_9823

image of lot MNHN_MP_2799
MNHN_MP_2799

St. Mauro


Japan

image of lot UMMZ_110073
UMMZ_110073

Fongonto, Japan

image of lot FMNH_120683
FMNH_120683

Higashi-tokida, Ise, Japan

image of lot ANSP_244865
ANSP_244865

Hikone, Lake Biwa, Honshu, Japan

image of lot USNM_127634
USNM_127634

Hitachi, Japan

image of lot ANSP_49692
ANSP_49692

Japan

image of lot BMNH_1907-12-21-82-85
BMNH_1907-12-21-82-85

Japan

image of lot BMNH_1965181
BMNH_1965181

Japan

image of lot BMNH_MP_0698
BMNH_MP_0698

Japan

image of lot FMNH_59344
FMNH_59344

Japan

image of lot INHS_21575
INHS_21575

Japan

image of lot INHS_21576
INHS_21576

Japan

image of lot INHS_21577
INHS_21577

Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2800
MNHN_MP_2800

Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2801
MNHN_MP_2801

Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2802
MNHN_MP_2802

Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2803
MNHN_MP_2803

Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2805
MNHN_MP_2805

Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2830
MNHN_MP_2830

Japan

image of lot UMMZ_109696
UMMZ_109696

Japan

image of lot UMMZ_110072
UMMZ_110072

Japan

image of lot UMMZ_23059
UMMZ_23059

Japan

image of lot UMMZ_23457
UMMZ_23457

Japan

image of lot UMMZ_57113
UMMZ_57113

Japan

image of lot USNM_150054
USNM_150054

Japan

image of lot USNM_152614
USNM_152614

Japan

image of lot USNM_172691
USNM_172691

Japan

image of lot USNM_187259
USNM_187259

Japan

image of lot USNM_249615
USNM_249615

Japan

image of lot ANSP_119929
ANSP_119929

Kamakura, Japan

image of lot ANSP_49616
ANSP_49616

Kamakura, Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2820
MNHN_MP_2820

Kii, Japan

image of lot UMMZ_109697
UMMZ_109697

Kisennuma, Rikuzen, Japan

image of lot ANSP_80692
ANSP_80692

Kizenmura, Rikuzen [Japan]

image of lot ANSP_43463
ANSP_43463

L. Biwa, Japan

image of lot BMNH_85-12-10-36-9
BMNH_85-12-10-36-9

Lake Biwa

image of lot BMNH_85-12-10-40-2
BMNH_85-12-10-40-2

Lake Biwa

image of lot FMNH_21776
FMNH_21776

Lake Biwa, Japan

image of lot UMMZ_184020
UMMZ_184020

Lake Otsu, Biwa Province, Japan

image of lot SMF_168232
SMF_168232

loc. paddy fields near Tokyo [Japan]

image of lot FMNH_20182
FMNH_20182

near Tokyo, Japan

image of lot FMNH_90227
FMNH_90227

near Tokyo, Japan

image of lot UMMZ_109694
UMMZ_109694

Ogura Yamshiro, Japan

image of lot ANSP_80688
ANSP_80688

Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan

image of lot ANSP_80689
ANSP_80689

Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan

image of lot USNM_218088
USNM_218088

Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan

image of lot FMNH_68075
FMNH_68075

Oguraike, Japan

image of lot UMMZ_50250
UMMZ_50250

outlet to Koyama Ike, near Tottori, Japan

image of lot USNM_124203
USNM_124203

paddy fields near Tokyo [Japan]

image of lot ANSP_48096
ANSP_48096

River Biwa, Yokohama, Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2821
MNHN_MP_2821

Shirosaki [Japan]

image of lot MNHN_MP_2804
MNHN_MP_2804

Tokio [Japan]

image of lot MNHN_MP_2818
MNHN_MP_2818

Tokio [Japan]

image of lot UMMZ_4438
UMMZ_4438

Tokyo, Japan

image of lot SMF_13662
SMF_13662

Umgebung von Yokohama [Japan Kanagawa]

image of lot FMNH_68297
FMNH_68297

Uzen, Japan

image of lot USNM_346082
USNM_346082

Uzen, Japan

image of lot USNM_346082
USNM_346082

Uzen, Japan

image of lot BMNH_MP_0704
BMNH_MP_0704

Yamashiro, Japan

image of lot ANSP_80691
ANSP_80691

Yanakawa, Chikugo, Japan

image of lot MNHN_MP_2808
MNHN_MP_2808

Yokohama, Japan

image of lot UMMZ_109693
UMMZ_109693

Yokohama, Japan

image of lot UMMZ_109695
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).