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Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Publication Bolotov et al. (2024): summary
Full 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)
Type species: Scabies songkramensis Kongim & Panha in Kongim et al., 2015 = Scabiellus songkramensis
Taxonomic Opinions
Assamnaia involuta (Hanley, 1856)
Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836)
+ Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870
Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)
There are 94 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Harmandia somboriensis Rochebrune, 1881
Indochinella pugio daweiensis Bolotov et al., 2019 = Indochinella pugio
Indochinella pugio paradoxa Bolotov et al., 2019 = Indochinella pugio
Indochinella pugio pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio
Indochinella pugio viridissima Bolotov et al., 2019 = Indochinella pugio
Indonaia olivaria (Lea, 1831)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) andersoniana (Nevill, 1877) = Indonaia andersoniana
Indonaia (caerulea-group) bonneaudii (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia caerulea
Indonaia (caerulea-group) corbis (Hanley, 1856) = Indonaia corbis
+ Unio pachysoma Benson, 1862
+ Trapezoideus dhanushori Prashad in Annandale & Prashad, 1921
+ Indonaia caerulea Imsong & Murali, 2023
+ Indonaia subclathrata Imsong & Murali, 2023
Indonaia (caerulea-group) rugosa (Gmelin, 1791) = Indonaia rugosa
+ Radiatula khadakvaslaensis ‘Ray’ of Authors
+ Indonaia lima ‘Simpson’ of Authors
Indonaia (caerulea-group) subclathrata (Martens, 1899) = Indonaia subclathrata
Indonaia (cylindrica-group) cylindrica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) = Indonaia cylindrica
Indonaia (cylindrica-group) gratiosa (Philippi, 1843) = Indonaia gratiosa
Lamellidens (corrianus-group) chindwinensis Bolotov et al., 2022 = Lamellidens chindwinensis
Lamellidens (corrianus-group) corrianus (Lea, 1834) = Lamellidens corrianus + Lamellidens marginalis
+ Lamellidens corrianus Lopes-Lima et al., 2021
Lamellidens (corrianus-group) nongyangensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis
+ Lamellidens narainporensis Preston, 1912
+ Lamellidens marginalis ‘Preston’ of Authors
Lamellidens (corrianus-group) savadiensis (Nevill, 1877) = Lamellidens savadiensis
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) ferrugineus (Annandale, 1918) = Lamellidens ferrugineus
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) friersoni (Simpson, 1914) = Lamellidens friersoni
+ Unio velaris ‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) generosus (Gould, 1847) = Lamellidens generosus
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862) = Lamellidens jenkinsianus
+ Parreysia (s.s.) daccaensis Preston, 1912
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) mainwaringi Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis
Leoparreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869)
Leoparreysia canefrii Vikhrev, Bolotov & Kondakov, 2017
Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)
Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)
Leoparreysia whitteni Bolotov et al., 2019
Monodontina lenyanensis Bolotov et al., 2020 = Pseudodon lenyanensis
Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)
Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)
Nyeinchanconcha nyeinchani Bolotov et al., 2020
Parreysia smaragdites (Benson, 1862)
+ Unio corrugatus var. fragilis Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugata (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847
+ Parreysia favidens Bolotov et al., 2020
Parreysia (corrugata-group) plagiosoma (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia plagiosoma
Parreysia (corrugata-group) rakhinensis Bolotov et al., 2020 = Parreysia rakhinensis
Parreysia (keralaensis-group) keralaensis Bolotov, Pasupuleti & Subba Rao, 2022 = Parreysia keralaensis
Parreysia (keralaensis-group) marcens (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia marcens
+ Unio gowhattensis Theobald, 1873
+ Parreysia (Parreysia) annandalei Preston, 1912
+ Parreysia favidens var. assamensis Preston, 1912
+ Parreysia corrugata Imsong & Murali, 2023
Pseudodon kayinensis Bolotov et al., 2020 = Indopseudodon kayinensis
Pseudoscabies scobina (Hanley, 1856)
+ Unio radula Hanley, 1856
+ Nodularia (sec. Radiatula) lima Simpson, 1900
Radiatula chaudhurii (Preston, 1912)
Radiatula chindwinensis Bolotov et al., 2019
Radiatula crispisulcata (Benson, 1862)
Radiatula kachinensis Bolotov et al., 2022
Radiatula mouhoti Vikhrev, Bolotov & Konopleva, 2017
Radiatula myitkyinae (Prashad, 1930)
Radiatula myitthanensis Bolotov et al., 2019
Scabiellus songkramensis (Kongim & Panha, 2015)
Scabies anceps (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874)
Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843)
Scabies humilis (Lea, 1856)
Scabies mandarinus (Morelet, 1863)
Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856)
Scabies phaselus (Lea, 1856)
Scabies pilata (Lea, 1866)
Scabies scobinatus (Lea, 1856)
Sundadontina tanintharyiensis Bolotov et al., 2020
Trapezidens angustior (Hanley & Theobald, 1876)
Trapezidens dolichorhynchus (Tapparone Canefri, 1889)
Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)
Trapezidens mogaungensis Bolotov et al., 2022
Trapezidens scutum (Sowerby, 1868)
Trapezidens yeti Konopleva et al., 2020
Unionetta fabagina (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874)
