Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Lanceolariini | Lanceolaria

species Lanceolaria lanceolata (Lea, 1856): synonymy

36 specimens + 14 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856

(renamed Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857)
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 79.

Arconaia lanceolataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), ... Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Kim et al. (2021), Xiang et al. (2025)
Arconaia lanceolate [sic]Zhou et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2018)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Froufe et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Guerra et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ... Chen et al. (2025), Klymus et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)

image of type lot

Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857

(new name for Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856)
specimen image from publicationLea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 319 [39], pl. 33, fig. 33.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_83884, Shanghai, China.

Arconaia lanceolataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Habe (1977), Liu et al. (1979), Prozorova et al. (2005), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013)
Arconaia contortaThiele (1934)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Bieler (2021)

Unio contortus var. conjungens Heude, 1877

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857)
specimen image from publicationHeude, 1877. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (2): pl. 15, fig. 33.

Arconaia conjungensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Arconaia lanceolataHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019)

image of type lot

Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857)
specimen image from publicationHeude, 1877. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (2): pl. 15, fig. 32.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3415, Hou Nan, Chine.

Arconaia muticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Prozorova et al. (2005), Hu (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia lanceolataHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), He & Zhuang (2013)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2026)

Arconaia mntica Liu et al., 1979

(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.

Arconaia huaihensis Huang & Li, 2003

Huang & Li, 2003. Chinese J. Zool. 38(4): 82.

Arconaia huaihensisProzorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia lanceolataHe & Zhuang (2013)
Lanceolaria lanceolataGraf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2026)

Unio contorta var. muticns Liu et al., 1979

(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.

Arconaia lanceolate Zhou et al., 2017

(error for Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856)
Zhou et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 9: 235.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 140.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): 1799.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Arconaia lanceolataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), ... Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Kim et al. (2021), Xiang et al. (2025)
Arconaia muticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Prozorova et al. (2005), Hu (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia conjungensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Arconaia contortaThiele (1934)
Arconaia huaihensisProzorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia lanceolate [sic]Zhou et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2018)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Froufe et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Guerra et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ... Chen et al. (2025), Klymus et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)