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

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species Ctenodesma borneensis (Issel, 1874): synonymy
     13 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 247, pl. 37, fig. 126.
(homonym of Unio plicatulus Küster, 1856; renamed Unio borneensis Issel, 1874; renamed Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965156, locality data from Issel “Nord-Est di Borneo; nelle vicinanze della costa presso Mampawa; nel lago Donau Siriang (v. Martens).”.

Ctenodesma borneensisSimpson (1900), Haas (1969), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Ctenodesma (s.s.) borneensisHaas (1912)
Cristadens borneensisSimpson (1914)

Unio borneensis Issel, 1874
Issel, 1874. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 6: 113.
(new name for Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965156, locality data from Issel “Nord-Est di Borneo; nelle vicinanze della costa presso Mampawa; nel lago Donau Siriang (v. Martens).”.

Ctenodesma borneensisSimpson (1900), Haas (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Zieritz et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Zieritz et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2024)
Ctenodesma (s.s.) borneensisHaas (1912), Haas (1924)
Cristadens borneensisSimpson (1914)
Ctenodesma borneenseHaas (1969), Starobogatov (1970)
Ctenodesma sp.Marwoto (1987)

Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 599.
(new name for Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859)

Ctenodesma borneensisSimpson (1900), Haas (1969), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Ctenodesma (s.s.) borneensisHaas (1912)
Cristadens borneensisSimpson (1914)

Unio penisatus Simpson, 1900
‘Crosse & Fischer’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 853.
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 135.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1155.
(error for Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Ctenodesma borneensisSimpson (1900), Haas (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Zieritz et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Zieritz et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2024)
Ctenodesma (s.s.) borneensisHaas (1912), Haas (1924)
Cristadens borneensisSimpson (1914)
Ctenodesma borneenseHaas (1969), Starobogatov (1970)
Ctenodesma sp.Marwoto (1987)

 
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