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Unionidae

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Pletholophus

species Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833): specimens

9 available nominal species synonyms (14 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria discoideaGraf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Cristaria tenuisIUCN (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), Kano et al. (2019), Hata et al. (2022)
Cristaria discoides [sic]Xiong et al. (2012)
Pletholophus tenuisLopes-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 tenuisBogatov & Prozorova (2017)

Range

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

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pletholophus tenuis

MUSSELp Specimen Records


image of lot SMF_13249
SMF_13249

“Entwässerungsgraben neben dem Weg, der von der Eisenbahn-Straßen-Kreuzung nach Norden führt (Klubweg)” [China Kanton/Guǎngdōng Shěng Tungshan]

image of lot MNHN_MP_4042
MNHN_MP_4042

[locality illegible - Asia]

image of lot MNHN_MP_4052
MNHN_MP_4052

[locality illegible - Asia]

image of lot SMF_13248
SMF_13248

Canton, Tuksikon, graben in Reisfeld

image of lot MNHN_MP_4032
MNHN_MP_4032

Cho Ra [?]

image of lot MNHN_MP_4066
MNHN_MP_4066

Dans le Cay Binh, pres des Pagodes, Tonkin

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SMF_3818

Formosa Dairyudo, Taihoku [= Taipeh (jap.)] [Taiwan]

image of lot SMF_13250
SMF_13250

Hainan

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ANSP_125543

Huh-Chan, China

image of lot SMF_13251
SMF_13251

Indochina

image of lot MNHN_MP_4038
MNHN_MP_4038

Riviere Moi a Hao Son pres de ca

image of lot UMMZ_231464
UMMZ_231464

roadside ditch, 3 mi W of Chaing Hwa, Hsein, Taiwan

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SMF_22885

Taihoku [= Taipeh (jap.)] Taiwan (Formosa)

image of lot UMMZ_108053
UMMZ_108053

Taihoku, Formosa

image of lot MNHN_MP_4067
MNHN_MP_4067

Tay Binh pres de ....

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SMF_13252

Tungshan, Kanton, S. China

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UMMZ_108052

Wampoa, China

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UMMZ_231467

West coastal area Taiwan, Liu Ying, Yunlin Hsien


Cambodia

image of lot MNHN_MP_4049
MNHN_MP_4049

Cambodge


China

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ANSP_56521

China

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MCZ_175574

China

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MCZ_361777

China

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SMF_13244

China

image of lot SMF_13245
SMF_13245

China

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SMF_13246

China

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UMMZ_108068

China

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UMMZ_23057

China

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UMMZ_23163

China

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USNM_86358

China

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FMNH_142715

Hong Kong

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SMF_13247

Hunan, Mittelchina

image of lot MCZ_167246
MCZ_167246

Kien-te sud, China

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MCZ_177309

Shanghai, China

image of lot MCZ_195336
MCZ_195336

Shanghai, China

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UMMZ_108055

Yangtze Kiang River, China


Taiwan

image of lot UMMZ_231468
UMMZ_231468

2 mi NE Chung Li, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan

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SMF_3668

Candidins See, Formosa

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SMF_3669

Candidins See, Formosa

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BMNH_1968653

Formosa

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BMNH_78-1-28-200

Formosa

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MCZ_240326

Formosa

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UMMZ_108056

Formosa

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UMMZ_4398

Formosa

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USNM_85069

Formosa

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ANSP_125502

Formosa Is., China

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FMNH_82093

Formosa, 3 mi N Chang Hua, Chang Hu-Hsien

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FMNH_21541

Formosa, Taiwan

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MCZ_44637

Formosa, Taiwan

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MCZ_44654

Formosa, Taiwan

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MNHN_MP_3859

Formose

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UMMZ_23058

I. Formosa

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UMMZ_231466

Pu Yen Village, 6-8 mi SE of Lu Chaing, Changhua Hsien, Taiwan

image of lot UMMZ_231465
UMMZ_231465

Pu Yen Village, Changhua Hsien [Taiwan]

image of lot MCZ_175627
MCZ_175627

Taiwan

BMNH_1968653B. Formosa

BMNH_78-1-28-201. Formosa


Thailand

image of lot UMMZ_101585
UMMZ_101585

Indo China


unknown

image of lot ANSP_61327
ANSP_61327

[no locality available - Asia]

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FMNH_14085

[no locality available - Asia]

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FMNH_21544

[no locality available - Asia]

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MNHN_MP_3132

[no locality available - Asia]


Uzbekistan

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FMNH_120455

Serafchan, Buchara, Central Asia


Vietnam

image of lot MNHN_MP_4050
MNHN_MP_4050

Ba Be

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MNHN_MP_4076

Dang-son, Tonkin

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MNHN_MP_3996

Hanoi

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FMNH_21542

Hanoi, Tonkin

image of lot MNHN_MP_4003
MNHN_MP_4003

Hanoi, Tonkin

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UMMZ_108054

Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indo China

image of lot MNHN_MP_4006
MNHN_MP_4006

Lacs Ba Be

image of lot MNHN_MP_4030
MNHN_MP_4030

Lacs Ba Be

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MNHN_MP_4036

Lacs Ba Be

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MNHN_MP_4045

Lacs Ba Be

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MNHN_MP_4054

Lacs Ba Be

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MNHN_MP_3970

Nord Viet-nam

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MNHN_MP_3970

Nord Viet-nam

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SMF_13254

Phu-Rang, Annam

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UMMZ_108061

Phuc Son, Tonkin, French Indo China

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SMF_13256

Phuc-son, Annam

image of lot SMF_13253
SMF_13253

Sept-Pagodes, Tonkin

image of lot MNHN_MP_4033
MNHN_MP_4033

Song-Ba-Khe, That Khe

image of lot SMF_13257
SMF_13257

Song-ky-Kong Fl. Zw. Leong-Su[?] That Khe, Tonkin

image of lot MNHN_MP_4031
MNHN_MP_4031

That Khe

image of lot MNHN_MP_4055
MNHN_MP_4055

That Khe, Tonkin

image of lot FMNH_21543
FMNH_21543

Tonkin

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MNHN_MP_4004

Tonkin

image of lot SMF_13243
SMF_13243

Tonkin

image of lot SMF_13255
SMF_13255

Tonkin

image of lot SMF_3665
SMF_3665

Tonkin

image of lot SMF_3666
SMF_3666

Tonkin

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UMMZ_108060

Tonkin, French Indo China

Genbank Vouchers

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).