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

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Publication Bolotov et al. (2024): summary
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Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., J. Sonowal, D. Kardong, R. Pasupuleti, N.V. Subba Rao et al. 2024. Discovery of an endemism hotspot of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Assam, with a description of two new genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(4): 1-19. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Assamnaia Bolotov et al., 2024
Bolotov, Sonowal, Kardong, Pasupuleti & Subba Rao in Bolotov et al., 2024. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 202(4): [13].
Type species: Unio involutus Hanley, 1856 (orig. desig.) = Assamnaia involuta

Pseudoscabies Bolotov et al., 2024
Bolotov, Sonowal, Kardong, Pasupuleti & Subba Rao in Bolotov et al., 2024. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 202(4): [6].
Type species: Unio scobina Hanley, 1856 (orig. desig.) = Pseudoscabies scobina

Scabellus Bolotov et al., 2024
Bolotov et al., 2024. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 202(4): Table S2.
(error for Scabiellus Bolotov et al., 2020)

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