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Publication Chen et al. (2023): summary

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Chen, Z.-G., Y.-T. Dai, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2023. Unveiling the identity of Diaurora Cockerell, 1903 (Bivalvia, Unionidae): morphology, molecular phylogenetics, and the description of a new species. ZooKeys 1173: 131-144. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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)

Cuneopsis heudei Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 = Cuneopsis szechenyii

‘Heude’ of Authors.
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.
Wu et al., 2018. PLoS One 13(8), e0200956: 5.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Tables S1, S4. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1. [in part]
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1. [in part]
Wu et al., 2022. Zool. Scripta 51: Table S1. [in part]
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2023. Zoosyst. Evol. 99(1): Table S1.
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1166: Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table S2. [in part]
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio heudei Heude, 1874)

Diaurora laeve Chen et al., 2023 = Diaurora laeve

Chen, Dai, Huang & Wu in Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: 138, figs. 3B, 4B, 5B.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) 22_NCU_XPWU_DL01, Zishui River, Shaoyang County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, China.

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 woodiana Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 = Sinanodonta jourdyi

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Vikhrev et al., 2017. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 10: Table 1 [as ‘lineage H’]. [in part]
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: Table 2.
Bespalaya et al., 2018. Limnologica 69: Table 1 [as ‘lineage H’]. [in part]
Chen et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1173: 133, Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula fibrosa (Heude, 1877)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Amuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Diaurora aurorea (Heude, 1883)

Diaurora laeve Chen, Dai, Huang & Wu, sp. nov.

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)

Indonaia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Inversiunio reinianus (Kobelt, 1879)

Inversiunio yanagawensis (Kondo, 1982)

Lamprotula leaii (Gray, 1833)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha (Martens, 1861)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Middendorffinaia mongolica

Nodularia breviconcha Lee, Kim, Bogan & Kondo, 2020

Nodularia douglasiae (Gray, 1833)

Parreysia nagpoorensis (Lea, 1860)

Pletholophus tenuis (Gray, 1833)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudocuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874)

Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis Huang, Dai, Chen & Wu, 2022

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Tchangsinaia piscicula (Heude, 1874)

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
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