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species Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833): specimens
9 available nominal species synonyms (15 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria discoidea — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
— Petit & Coan (2008)
Cristaria tenuis — IUCN (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), Kano et al. (2019), Hata et al. (2022)
Cristaria discoides [sic] — Xiong et al. (2012)
Pletholophus tenuis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), ... Chen et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
Sinanodonta tenuis — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)

Range

Widespread in southeastern Asia, from the Yangtze south to Cambodia.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

SMF_13249 “Entwässerungsgraben neben dem Weg, der von der Eisenbahn-Straßen-Kreuzung nach Norden führt (Klubweg)” [China Kanton/Guǎngdōng Shěng Tungshan]	MNHN_MP_4042 [locality illegible - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4052 [locality illegible - Asia]
SMF_13248 Canton, Tuksikon, graben in Reisfeld	MNHN_MP_4032 Cho Ra [?]	MNHN_MP_4066 Dans le Cay Binh, pres des Pagodes, Tonkin
SMF_3818 Formosa Dairyudo, Taihoku [= Taipeh (jap.)] [Taiwan]	SMF_13250 Hainan	ANSP_125543 Huh-Chan, China
SMF_13251 Indochina	MNHN_MP_4038 Riviere Moi a Hao Son pres de ca	UMMZ_231464 roadside ditch, 3 mi W of Chaing Hwa, Hsein, Taiwan
SMF_22885 Taihoku [= Taipeh (jap.)] Taiwan (Formosa)	UMMZ_108053 Taihoku, Formosa	MNHN_MP_4067 Tay Binh pres de ....
SMF_13252 Tungshan, Kanton, S. China	UMMZ_108052 Wampoa, China	UMMZ_231467 West coastal area Taiwan, Liu Ying, Yunlin Hsien

Cambodia

MNHN_MP_4049
Cambodge

China

ANSP_56521 China	MCZ_175574 China	MCZ_361777 China
SMF_13244 China	SMF_13245 China	SMF_13246 China
UMMZ_108068 China	UMMZ_23057 China	UMMZ_23163 China
USNM_86358 China	FMNH_142715 Hong Kong	SMF_13247 Hunan, Mittelchina
MCZ_167246 Kien-te sud, China	MCZ_177309 Shanghai, China	MCZ_195336 Shanghai, China
UMMZ_108055 Yangtze Kiang River, China

Taiwan

UMMZ_231468 2 mi NE Chung Li, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan	SMF_3668 Candidins See, Formosa	SMF_3669 Candidins See, Formosa
BMNH_1968653 Formosa	BMNH_78-1-28-200 Formosa	MCZ_240326 Formosa
UMMZ_108056 Formosa	UMMZ_4398 Formosa	USNM_85069 Formosa
ANSP_125502 Formosa Is., China	FMNH_82093 Formosa, 3 mi N Chang Hua, Chang Hu-Hsien	FMNH_21541 Formosa, Taiwan
MCZ_44637 Formosa, Taiwan	MCZ_44654 Formosa, Taiwan	MNHN_MP_3859 Formose
UMMZ_23058 I. Formosa	UMMZ_231466 Pu Yen Village, 6-8 mi SE of Lu Chaing, Changhua Hsien, Taiwan	UMMZ_231465 Pu Yen Village, Changhua Hsien [Taiwan]
MCZ_175627 Taiwan

BMNH_1968653B. Formosa

BMNH_78-1-28-201. Formosa

Thailand

UMMZ_101585
Indo China

unknown

ANSP_61327 [no locality available - Asia]	FMNH_14085 [no locality available - Asia]	FMNH_21544 [no locality available - Asia]
MNHN_MP_3132 [no locality available - Asia]

Uzbekistan

FMNH_120455
Serafchan, Buchara, Central Asia

Vietnam

MNHN_MP_4050 Ba Be	MNHN_MP_4076 Dang-son, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_3996 Hanoi
FMNH_21542 Hanoi, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4003 Hanoi, Tonkin	UMMZ_108054 Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indo China
MNHN_MP_4006 Lacs Ba Be	MNHN_MP_4030 Lacs Ba Be	MNHN_MP_4036 Lacs Ba Be
MNHN_MP_4045 Lacs Ba Be	MNHN_MP_4054 Lacs Ba Be	MNHN_MP_3970 Nord Viet-nam
MNHN_MP_3970 Nord Viet-nam	SMF_13254 Phu-Rang, Annam	UMMZ_108061 Phuc Son, Tonkin, French Indo China
SMF_13256 Phuc-son, Annam	SMF_13253 Sept-Pagodes, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4033 Song-Ba-Khe, That Khe
SMF_13257 Song-ky-Kong Fl. Zw. Leong-Su[?] That Khe, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4031 That Khe	MNHN_MP_4055 That Khe, Tonkin
FMNH_21543 Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4004 Tonkin	SMF_13243 Tonkin
SMF_13255 Tonkin	SMF_3665 Tonkin	SMF_3666 Tonkin
UMMZ_108060 Tonkin, French Indo China

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Vietnam

NCSM_85006_1. (COI: MT020600, go to Genbank) Day River, Tay Bac, VIetnam (21.3269, 103.9189).

NCSM_84951_3. (COI: MT020599, go to Genbank) Day River, Tay Bac, VIetnam (21.327, 103.9189).

NCSM_84924. (28S: KX822614, COI: KX822658, go to Genbank) Red basin, Dong Bac, Vietnam (21.3243, 105.4027).

NCSM_84924_3. (COI: MT020602, go to Genbank) Red basin, Dong Bac, VIetnam (21.3243, 105.4027).

NCSM_85273_10. (COI: MT020601, go to Genbank) Red basin, Dong Bang, VIetnam (21.0878, 105.6604).

NCSM_47211_3. (COI: OR912964, go to Genbank) Viet Nam (18.531370 N 105.723400 E).