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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Zhang et al. (2013): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Zhang, H., H. Yao, L. Cui, Z. Lin, X. Gao et al. 2013. Application of COI-based DNA Barcoding for Identifying Animal Medical Materials in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 15(3): 371-380. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010
‘Heude’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 178.
Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376.
Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’].
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta woodiana Soroka, 2005
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2005. Zool. Sci. 22: 1138. [in part]
Soroka, 2008. Folia Biol. 56: 93. [in part]
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 151. [in part]
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 191. [in part]
Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376 [as ‘Anodonta woodiana’].
Bolotov et al., 2016. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 67: 60 [as lineage C]. [in part]
Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367. [in part]
Konečný et al., 2018. Evol. Appl. 11: Table S1 [as ‘lineage C’]. [in part]
Sano et al., 2022. MPE 175: Table S1 [as ‘S. woodiana sp. 1’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta arcaeformis = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta woodiana = Sinanodonta woodiana

Corbicula fluminea

Cristaria plicata

Lamprotula leai = Lamprotula leaii

Margaritifera margaritifera

 
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