Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Indochinellini | Chenunionetta

species Chenunionetta molleuri (Morlet, 1891): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unionetta fabagina — IUCN (2012), Pfeiffer et al. (2018)
Unionetta xishuangbannaensis — Chen et al. (2026)
Chenunionetta xishuangbannaensis — Xiang et al. (2026)
Chenunionetta molleuri — Li et al. (2026)

Range

From the Luosuo River in the Mekong Basin, China down to Laos. (East Asia: AS5)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Chenunionetta molleuri

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot MNHN_MP_0119
MNHN_MP_0119
[no locality available - Asia] Published type locality “Hab. Vallée du Mékong, sur les bords du rivage de ce fleuve (Molleur).”
syntype
Unio molleuri Morlet, 1891

image of lot SMF_3599
SMF_3599
Munog-Sun, od Nam-Ou, Laos
paratype
Unio molleuri Morlet, 1891

NCUMB_B2603001. Luosuojiang River, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 101.28856°E, 21.92421°N — holotype (orig. desig.) Unionetta xishuangbannaensis Chen et al., 2026

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

Mp_4833_ZGC1. (COI: PZ178069, go to GenBank)

Mp_4833_ZGC2. (COI: PZ178070, go to GenBank)

Mp_4833_ZGC3. (COI: PZ178071, go to GenBank)

Mp_4833_ZGC4. (COI: PZ178072, go to GenBank)

Mp_4833_ZGC5. (COI: PZ178073, go to GenBank)

Mp_4833_ZGC6. (COI: PZ178074, go to GenBank)

Mp_4833_ZGC7. (COI: PZ178075, go to GenBank)

NCUMB_B2603001. (COI: PZ178068, go to GenBank)