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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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

species Pletholophus reinianus (Martens, 1875): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria tenuis — He & Zhuang (2013)
Pletholophus reinianus — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bogan et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2025)
Pletholophus reiniana — Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Japan

unknown

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

Mp_4138_Pt43-02. (16S: LC224017, 28S: LC519084, COI: LC519027, go to Genbank) Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan.

Mp_4138_Pt43-03. (16S: LC224018, 28S: LC519085, COI: LC519028, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4311_modokioki1. (COI: LC707540, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_PTON‐01. (COI: MT020603, go to Genbank) Nagura River, Okinawa, Japan (24.3987, 124.1994).

MHS_PTFO‐01. (COI: MT020604, go to Genbank) Turikawa River, Fukuoka, Japan (33.8121, 130.5397).