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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Acuticostini | Acuticosta species Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868): synonymy
20 specimens + 12 Genbank vouchers Unio chinensis Lea, 1868
 Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 325, pl. 53, fig. 138.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MCZ_175567, Hong Kong, China.
Parreysia (Acuticosta) chinensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta chinensis — Haas (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Liu et al. (1980), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Acuticosta sinensis [sic] — Haas (1969)
— Millard (2001) | |
Unio sinensis Heude, 1875
“Lea” Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): sp. 26.
‘Lea’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N416 [as ‘Acuticosta sinensis’].
‘Lea’ Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1051.
Acuticosta chinensis — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Unio sinensis [sic] var. laevis Heude, 1883
 Heude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 59, fig. 116 [as ‘lævis’].
Parreysia (Acuticosta) chinensis var. laevis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta chinensis — Haas (1914), Haas (1969), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Unio sinensis [sic] var. squammosus Heude, 1883
 Heude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 58, fig. 113.
Parreysia (Acuticosta) chinensis var. squamosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta chinensis — Haas (1914), Haas (1969), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Parreysia squamosus Haas, 1969
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 82. | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Parreysia (Acuticosta) chinensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (Acuticosta) chinensis var. laevis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (Acuticosta) chinensis var. squamosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Acuticosta chinensis — Haas (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Liu et al. (1980), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Acuticosta sinensis [sic] — Haas (1969)
— Millard (2001)
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