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Taxonomy

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Liu et al. (2022): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Liu, X., Y. Liu, R. Wu, D.T. Zanatta, M. Lopes-Lima et al. 2022. Systematics, distribution, biology, and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in China. Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 32(5): 859-895. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula fibrosa

Aculamprotula grandidens

Aculamprotula nodulosa

Aculamprotula scripta

Aculamprotula tientsinensis

Aculamprotula tortuosa

Aculamprotula zonata

Acuticosta chinensis

Acuticosta ovata

Acuticosta retiaria

Acuticosta sichuanica

Acuticosta trisulcata

Amuranodonta kijaensis

Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina euscaphys = Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina fluminea = Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina globosula = Anemina arcaeformis

Buldowskia shadini

Cristaria beirensis

Cristaria plicata

Cristaria radiata

Cuneopsis capitatus (Heude, 1874) = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Cuneopsis celtiformis

Cuneopsis heudei

Cuneopsis kiangsiensis

Cuneopsis pisciculus = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cuneopsis rufescens

Diaurora aurorea

Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lanceolaria eucylindrica

Lanceolaria gladiola

Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria lanceolata

Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha

Lanceolaria triformis

Lanceolaria yueyingae

Lepidodesma aligera

Lepidodesma languilati

Middendorffinaia mongolica
+ Middendorffinaia (s.s.) ussuriensis Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973

Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia nuxpersicae

Nodularia persculpta

Pletholophus tenuis
+ Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834

Pseudobaphia biesiana

Rhombuniopsis fultoni

Rhombuniopsis superstes = Leoparreysia superstes

Rhombuniopsis tauriformis

Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Schistodesmus spinosus

Sinanodonta angula

Sinanodonta lucida

 
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