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Publication Sano et al. (2020): summary

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Sano, I., T. Saito, J.-I. Miyazaki, A. Shirai, T. Uechi et al. 2020. Evolutionary history and diversity of unionoid mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the JApanese Archipelago. Plankton Benthos Res 15(2): 97-111. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anemina arcaeformis Sano et al., 2017 = Buldowskia iwakawai

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta calipygos Sano et al., 2017 = Beringiana fukuharai

‘Kobelt’ of Authors.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2. [in part]
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta calipygos Kobelt, 1879)

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)

Nodularia douglasiae Fukata & Iigo, 2019 = Nodularia nipponensis

‘Griffith & Pidgeon’ of Authors.
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): 3488. [in part]
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1. [in part]
Choi et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: 6, fig. 3A [as ‘Clade B’]. [in part]
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): 80. [in part]
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022. Mol. Biol. Rep. 49: Table S1.
Dai et al., 2024. Invert. Syst. 38(6): Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Anodontites elongata Whelan et al., 2011 = Tamsiella schroeteriana

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Graf et al., 2015. MPE 85: 3.
Bolotov et al., 2016. MPE 103: 108.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 178.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 208.
Combosch et al., 2017. MPE 107: 195.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2018. MPE 120: 302.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2018. MPE 127: 103.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Bolotov et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 116.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): 3.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 101.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: 195.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823)

There are 13 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Lamprotula gottschei He et al., 2016 = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

‘Martens’ of Authors.
He et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(1): 246.
Xue et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(4): 2699.
Zhou et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(6): 4616.
Fonseca et al., 2016. mtDNA B 1(1): 955.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. J. Moll. Studies 83: 250.
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
Soroka & Burzynski, 2017. mtDNA B 2(2): 863.
Aunins et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 1125.
Cha et al., 2018. mtDNA B 3(2): 946.
Fukata & Iigo, 2019. mtDNA B 4(2): 3489.
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): 1216.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 100.
Chen et al., 2020. mtDNA B 5(3): 2800.
Kim et al., 2021. mtDNA B 6(1): 80.
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022. Mol. Biol. Rep. 49: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio gottschei Martens, 1894)

Sinanodonta japonica Sano et al., 2017 = Beringiana fukuharai

‘Clessin’ of Authors.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2. [in part]
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta japonica Clessin, 1874)

Sinanodonta japonica Sano et al., 2017 = Beringiana beringiana

‘Clessin’ of Authors.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2. [in part]
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta japonica Clessin, 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)

Sinanodonta lauta Sano et al., 2017 = Beringiana fukuharai

‘Martens’ of Authors.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2. [in part]
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta lauta Martens, 1877)

Sinanodonta lauta Sano et al., 2017 = Beringiana japonica

‘Martens’ of Authors.
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2. [in part]
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta lauta Martens, 1877)

Solenaia oleivora Huang et al., 2019 = Sinosolenaia iridinea

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4 [as ‘Solenaia oleivora SDCFM189’].
Chen et al., 2020. mtDNA B 5(3): 2800 [as ‘Solenaia oleivora MG’]. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1 [as ‘Solenaia cf. oleivora 1’].
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1 [as ‘Solenaia oleivora sp. 1’].
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 101.
Bolotov et al., 2022. Hindawi 6600359: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Mycetopus oleivorus Heude, 1877)

Pletholophus tenuis Sano et al., 2017 = Pletholophus reinianus

Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1.
Sano et al., 2022. MPE 175: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula tientsinensis

Aculamprotula tortuosa

Acuticosta chinensis

Alasmidonta heterodon = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta varicosa

Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina euscaphys = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea

Anodontites elongata

Arconaia lanceolata = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Chambardia wahlbergi

Cristaria plicata

Cumberlandia monodonta

Cuneopsis celtiformis

Cuneopsis pisciculus = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Etheria elliptica

Hyridella australis

Inversidens brandti = Inversidens brandtii

Inversiunio jokohamensis

Inversiunio reinianus

Inversiunio yanagawensis

Lamproscapha ensiformis

Lamprotula caveata

Lamprotula coreana = Aculamprotula coreana

Lamprotula gottschei = Lamprotula leaii

Lamprotula leai = Lamprotula leaii

Lampsilis cardium

Lanceolaria gladiola

Lanceolaria grayana = Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria grayii

Lasmigona compressa = Platynaias compressa

Lepidodesma languilati

Margaritifera auricularia = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera hembeli

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera laosensis = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marocana = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera rochechouartii = Gibbosula rochechouartii

Margaritifera togakushiensis = Margaritifera middendorffi

Mutela hargeri

Neotrigonia lamarckii

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Nodularia douglasiae
+ Nodularia douglasiae nipponensis Sano et al., 2017

Obovalis omiensis

Pletholophus tenuis

Potomida littoralis

Pronodularia japanensis

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Pyganodon grandis

Scabies crispata

Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Sinanodonta angula

Sinanodonta calipygos

Sinanodonta japonica = Beringiana japonica

Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta lucida

Sinanodonta ogurae = Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Sinohyriopsis schlegeli = Sinohyriopsis schlegelii

Solenaia oleivora = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Triplodon corrugatus

Unio crassus

Unio delphinus

Unio pictorum

Utterbackia imbecillis

Utterbackia peninsularis

Velesunio ambiguus

 
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