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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 | Buldowskia

species Buldowskia iwakawai (Suzuki, 1939): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta woodiana japonica — Graf (2007)
Anemina arcaeformis — Kondo (2008), He & Zhuang (2013)
Kunashiria iwakawai — Sayenko et al. (2009), Kantor et al. (2010), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Beringiana iwakawai — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Buldowskia iwakawai — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sano et al. (2022), Bogan et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
Kunashiria japonica iwakawai — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Japan and Sakhalin Island, Russia. Also, South Korea.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

OMNH_Mo_39113_39. (COI: MT020550, go to Genbank) Gamo River, Tottori, Japan (35.5654, 134.3033).

Mp_4138_fk90f. (16S: LC519049, 28S: LC519083, COI: LC519026, go to Genbank) Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan.

IDEA_Shell055. (28S: LC648530, go to Genbank) Japan:Fukui, Tsuruga city, Izumi.

IDEA_Shell056. (28S: LC648531, go to Genbank) ditto.

IDEA_Shell085. (28S: LC648549, go to Genbank) Japan:Shimane, Matsue city.

IDEA_Shell067. (28S: LC648538, go to Genbank) Japan:Toyama, Kamiichi Town.

IDEA_Shell071. (28S: LC648539, go to Genbank) ditto.

IDEA_Shell086. (28S: LC648550, go to Genbank) Japan:Tsuruga city, Nakaikemi wetland.

Mp_4138_fk63f. (16S: LC224014, 28S: LC519082, COI: LC519025, go to Genbank) Kagawa, Japan.

OMNH_Mo_39111_10. (COI: MT020549, go to Genbank) Kaji River, Niigata, Japan (37.9444, 139.3678).

MHS_A4YG04. (COI: MT020543, go to Genbank) Mogami River, Yamagata, Japan (38.7713, 140.3162).

MHS_AASIM1. (COI: MT020527, go to Genbank) Ohara River, Simane, Japan (35.232, 132.5101).

MHS_AAfk080. (28S: MT020806, COI: MT020523, go to Genbank) Omono River, Akita, Japan (39.3649, 140.5384).

MHS_AASIM2. (COI: MT020528, go to Genbank) Sada River, Simane, Japan (35.4781, 133.0104).

MHS_AAfk104. (COI: MT020524, go to Genbank) Shinano River, Niigata, Japan (37.573, 138.881).

South Korea

NNIBR_IV29273. (28S: MT020807, COI: MT020542, go to Genbank) Seomjin River, Imsil-gun, South Korea (35.701, 127.2841).