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 Publication Dai et al. (2024): summarypublication summary | cladograms
 Complete CitationDai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, C.-L. Hu, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2024. Description of a new freshwater mussel species of Pletholophus, Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(4): 1191-1200. Available electronically. Attributed Nominal Species| Pletholophus guangzhouensis Dai et al., 2024Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2024. Zoosyst. Evol. 100(4): 1194-1195, fig. 2, Table 1.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) 24_NCU_XPWU_PGU01, China, Guangdong, Guangzhou City, Conghua District, Liuxi River; 23°32'02"N, 113°35'03"E.
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 Taxonomic OpinionsAmuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973 Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851) Beringiana fukuharai San, Hattori & Kondo, 2020 Beringiana gosannensis San, Hattori & Kondo, 2020 Beringiana japonica (Clessin, 1874) Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905) Buldowskia iwakawai (Suzuki, 1939) Buldowskia kamiyai San, Hattori & Kondo, 2020 Buldowskia shadini (Moskvicheva, 1973) Buldowskia suifunica (Lindholm, 1925) Cristaria bellua (Morelet, 1866) Cristaria clessini (Kobelt, 1879) Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814) Cristaria truncata Dang, Thai & Pham, 1980 Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863) Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Pletholophus guangzhouensis Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu, sp. nov. Pletholophus honglinhensis Bogan, Do, Froufe & Lopes-Lima, 2023 Pletholophus reinianus (Martens, 1875) Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)+ Unio swinhoei H. Adams, 1866
 + Cristaria inangulata Haas, 1910
 + Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834
 Postolata guangxiensis Dai, Huang, Guo & Wu, 2023 Pseudocuneopsis longjiangensis Liu & Wu, 2024 = Postolata longjiangensis Pseudocuneopsis wuana Liu & Wu, 2023 Pseudocuneopsis yangshuoensis Wu & Liu, 2023 Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843) Sinanodonta angula (Tchang, Li & Liu, 1965) Sinanodonta calipygos (Kobelt, 1879) Sinanodonta lauta (Martens, 1877) Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877) Sinanodonta pacifica (Heude, 1878) Sinanodonta schrenkii (Lea, 1870) Sinanodonta tumens (Haas, 1910) Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843) |