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

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Publication Wu et al. (2021): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Wu, R., J. An, R. Chen, S. Ouyang & X. Wu. 2021. Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of freshwater mussels (Unionoida: Unionoidea) in China revealed by multilocus phylogenetic analyses and mitochondrial phylogenomics. Journal of Lake Sciences 33(6): 1788-1804. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula coreana

Aculamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula scripta

Aculamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Alasmidonta heterodon = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta varicosa

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934

Amblema plicata

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anemina euscaphys = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Anodontites trapesialis

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cuneopsis capitata = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Diplodon demeraraensis = Diplodon suavidicus

Echyridella menziesii

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Ensidens sagittarius (Lea, 1856)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Gibbosula crassa

Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863)

Gibbosula rochechouartii

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Indonaia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Inversidens brandtii

Lamellidens brandti = Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula gottschei = Lamprotula leaii

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lamprotula scripta = Aculamprotula scripta

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ornata

Lampsilis powellii

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria lanceolata (Lea, 1856)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Lasmigona subviridis = Platynaias subviridis

Leaunio lienosus

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Leoparreysia canefrii

Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)

Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Leptodea leptodon = Potamilus leptodon

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)

Monodontina cambodjensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1865) = Pseudodon cambodjensis

Monodontina vondembuschiana = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Mutela dubia

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nodularia breviconcha

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pleurobema oviforme

Popenaias popeii

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudodon bogani = Indopseudodon bogani

Pseudodon manueli = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudunio homsensis (Lea, 1865)

Pseudunio marocanus

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Radiatula burmana (Blanford, 1869) = Leoparreysia burmana

Radiatula mouhoti

Scabies crispata

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta woodiana spp. complex 1 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)

Sinosolenaia carinata (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma parvum

Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio crassus

Unio delphinus

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Uniomerus tetralasmus

Utterbackia imbecillis

Utterbackia peninsularis

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

 
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