Publication Chen et al. (2025): taxonomic opinions

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Complete Citation

Chen, H., H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-T. Dai, Z.-G. Chen, Y.-M. He et al. 2025. A new genus and two new species of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Sichuan, China: Overlooked cryptic endemism in the upper Yangtze River Basin. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1459-1470. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula coreana (Martens, 1886)

Aculamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875)

Aculamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina harlandi

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis demangei Haas, 1929

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis kiangsiensis Tchang & Li, 1965

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis szechenyii (Neumayr, 1899)

Diaurora aurorea

Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayii (J.E. Gray, 1833)

Lanceolaria lanceolata (I. Lea, 1856)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leaunio lienosus (Conrad, 1834)

Lens contradens (Lea, 1838)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Middendorffinaia mongolica

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Nodularia breviconcha Lee, Kim, Bogan & Kondo, 2020

Nodularia douglasiae (Gray, 1833)

Nodularia nipponensis (von Martens, 1877)

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudocuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874)

Pseudocuneopsis perflora H. Chen H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-M. He, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu, sp. nov.

Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis Huang, Dai & Wu, 2022

Pseudocuneopsis wuana Liu & Wu, 2023

Pseudocuneopsis yangshuoensis Wu & Liu, 2023

Pseudocuneopsis yemaoi Dai, Chen, Peng, Ouyang, Huang & Wu, 2024

Pseudodon vondembuschianus (Lea, 1840)

Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus spinosus Simpson, 1900 = Schistodesmus lampreyanus
+ Lamprotula gottschei ‘Martens’ of Authors

Schistodesmus spinosus Simpson, 1900

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta tumens (Haas, 1910)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)

Sinosolenaia carinata (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Tchangsinaia piscicula (Heude, 1874)

Tongchuania mingiana H. Chen H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-M. He, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu, gen. et. sp. nov.

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)