MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Anemina
species Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877): specimens
7 available nominal species synonyms (14 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Anodonta euscaphys — Graf (2007), Xiong et al. (2012), Xue et al. (2016), Feng et al. (2016), Zhou et al. (2017), ... Cha et al. (2018), Fukata & Iigo (2020), Chen et al. (2020), Whelan et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Anodonta arcaeformis — Graf (2007), Soroka (2010), Ouyang et al. (2011), Xiong et al. (2012), Zhang et al. (2013), ... Bauer et al. (2021), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Perkins et al. (2025)
Anemina arcaeformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), Zieritz et al. (2012), ... Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2026)
Anemina euscaphys — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Fonseca et al. (2016), ... Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Anemina fluminea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022)
Anemina globosula — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), He & Zhuang (2013), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Liu et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022)
Anodonta globosula — Xiong et al. (2012)
Anodonta fluminea — Xiong et al. (2012)
Anemina (s.s.) arcaeformis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sinanodonta rivularia [sic] — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Anemina cf. arcaeformis — Kondakov et al. (2018)
Range
Yangtze and Qiantang rivers in China, north to Korea and the Amur River of Russia, as well as Japan.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
China
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USNM_126431. Tchen-kiang, Kiang-sou
Japan
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Mongolia
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Genbank Vouchers
Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers
China
16_NCU_XPWU_SU031. (28S: MG595468, COI: MG462940, go to Genbank) China: Hunan, Dongting Lake.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU032. (28S: MG595469, COI: MG462941, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU033. (28S: MG595470, COI: MG462942, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU020. (28S: MG595457, COI: MG462930, go to Genbank) China: Jiangxi, Gan River.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU021. (28S: MG595458, COI: MG462931, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU036. (28S: MG595473, COI: MG462945, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU037. (28S: MG595474, COI: MG462946, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU039. (28S: MG595476, COI: MG462948, go to Genbank) China: Jiangxi, Jinxi County.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU025. (28S: MG595462, COI: MG462935, go to Genbank) China: Jiangxi, Niutoushan of Poyang Lake.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU026. (28S: MG595463, COI: MG462936, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU022. (28S: MG595459, COI: MG462932, go to Genbank) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU023. (28S: MG595460, COI: MG462933, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU024. (28S: MG595461, COI: MG462934, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU027. (28S: MG595464, COI: MG462929, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU028. (28S: MG595465, COI: MG462937, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU029. (28S: MG595466, COI: MG462938, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU030. (28S: MG595467, COI: MG462939, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU034. (28S: MG595471, COI: MG462943, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU035. (28S: MG595472, COI: MG462944, go to Genbank) ditto.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU038. (28S: MG595475, COI: MG462947, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180213. (COI: MG933699, ND1: MG933757, go to Genbank) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China.
NCUBM_20180214. (COI: MG933700, ND1: MG933758, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180215. (COI: MG933701, ND1: MG933759, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180216. (COI: MG933702, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180217. (COI: MG933703, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180218. (COI: MG933704, ND1: MG933760, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180219. (COI: MG933705, go to Genbank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180220. (COI: MG933706, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071203 (AE_03). (COI: PQ387028, go to Genbank) Gan River, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province.
SXNU_18071204 (AE_04). (COI: PQ387029, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071206 (AE_06). (COI: PQ387030, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071207 (AE_07). (COI: PQ387031, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071217 (AA_17). (COI: PQ387024, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071220 (AA_20). (COI: PQ387025, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071101 (AF_1). (COI: PQ387034, go to Genbank) Poyang Lake, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province.
SXNU_18071104 (AG_04). (COI: PQ387043, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071105 (AF_5). (COI: PQ387035, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071201 (AA_01). (COI: PQ387019, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071202 (AA_02). (COI: PQ387020, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071205 (AA_05). (COI: PQ387021, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071208 (AA_08). (COI: PQ387022, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071209 (AA_09). (COI: PQ387023, go to Genbank) ditto.
SXNU_18071212 (AG_12). (COI: PQ387044, go to Genbank) ditto.
Japan
MHS_MHAA01. (COI: MT020544, go to Genbank) Chikugo River, Fukuoka, Japan (33.3361, 130.957).
MHS_AAfk067. (28S: MT020797, COI: MT020522, go to Genbank) Chikugo River, Saga, Japan (33.3032, 130.363).
South Korea
NNIBR_IV29241. (28S: MT020798, COI: MT020541, go to Genbank) Ungcheon Stream, Boryeong-si, South Korea (36.2461, 126.6296).