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Publication Hou et al. (2025): summary

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Hou, K., X. Wang, J. Jia, X. Liu, X. Wu et al. 2025. Cryptic species, mitochondrial phylogenomics and historical biogeography in the endemic genus Schistodesmus Schistodesmus (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from China. Invertebrate Systematics 39: 1-17, corrigendum. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Schistodesmus luqiaoensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025 = Schistodesmus luqiaoensis

Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025. Invert. Syst. 39: 11-12, figs. 2d, 3d.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SXNU_23011503, Baima River, Luqiao Town, Shandong Province, China; 35.18005°N, 116.72033°E.

Schistodesmus shuibeiensis Hou et al., 2025 = Schistodesmus xinyuensis

Hou et al., 2025. Invert. Syst. 39: fig. 4.
Hou et al., 2025. Invert. Syst. 39: corrigenda [as ‘xenyuensis’].
(error for Schistodesmus lampreyanus ‘Baird & Adams’ of Authors)

Schistodesmus tongpenensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025 = Schistodesmus tongpenensis

Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025. Invert. Syst. 39: 12-13, figs. 2e, 3e.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SXNU_23032613, Dongting Lake in Hunan Province, China; 29.12025°N, 113.01506°E.

Schistodesmus xinyuensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025 = Schistodesmus xinyuensis

Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025. Invert. Syst. 39: 11, fig. 2c, 3c.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SXNU_24072503, Yuan River, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province; 114.90698°E, 27.79600°N.

Taxonomic Opinions

There are 57 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

+ Lamprotula gottschei ‘Martens’ of Authors

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Schistodesmus tongpenensis sp. nov.

+ Schistodesmus lampreyanus ‘Baird & Adams’ of Authors

Schistodesmus xinyuensis sp. nov.

+ Schistodesmus lampreyanus ‘Baird & Adams’ of Authors

 
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