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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Sinanodonta

species Sinanodonta calipygos (Kobelt, 1879): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta calipygos — Kondo (2008)
Sinanodonta woodiana — IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sinanodonta calipygos — Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Mabuchi & Nishida (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sano et al. (2022), Bogan et al. (2023), Douda et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
Sinanodonta sp. 1 — Sano et al. (2022)
Sinanodonta elliptica — Wu et al. (2025)

Range

Lake Biwa, Japan. Introduced to other localities in Japan as well.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Japan

unknown

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

MHS_SC_Shiga_4. (28S: MT020833, COI: MT020623, go to Genbank) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1484, 136.0431).

MHS_SCAM‐01. (COI: MT020628, go to Genbank) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.2929, 136.2219).

MHS_SCSG-01. (COI: MT020624, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_SCSG‐03. (COI: MT020625, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_SCSG‐04. (COI: MT020626, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_SCSG‐06. (COI: MT020627, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_fk149. (COI: LC707509, go to Genbank) Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki, Japan.

IDEA_Shell081. (28S: LC648546, go to Genbank) Japan:Gifu, Mizuho city, Otsuki, Ibi river.

IDEA_Shell082. (28S: LC648547, go to Genbank) ditto.

IDEA_Shell062. (28S: LC648535, go to Genbank) Japan:Iwate, Kitakami city, Kitakami.

Mp_4311_An17-07m (S106). (COI: LC707513, go to Genbank) Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan.

Mp_4311_numaane1. (COI: LC707507, go to Genbank) Lake Anenuma, Tohoku, Aomori, Japan.

Mp_4311_fk184. (COI: LC707517, go to Genbank) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan.

Mp_4311_fk185. (COI: LC707518, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_fk186. (COI: LC707520, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_fk190. (COI: LC707521, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_ogurakata1. (COI: LC707519, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_oguramamo2. (COI: LC707515, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_seu272. (COI: LC707508, go to Genbank) Soma, Fukushima, Japan.

Mp_4311_fk125. (COI: LC707516, go to Genbank) Yagi, Kyoto, Japan.