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

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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 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), ... Xiang et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025), Chen 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 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)
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)
Anodonta fluminea — Xiong et al. (2012)
Anodonta globosula — Xiong et al. (2012)
Anemina (s.s.) arcaeformis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sinanodonta rivularia [sic] — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)

Range

Yangtze and Qiantang rivers in China, north to Korea and the Amur River of Russia, as well as Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

China

USNM_126431. Tchen-kiang, Kiang-sou

Japan

Mongolia

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_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).