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species Chenunionetta molleuri (Morlet, 1891): synonymy

3 specimens

Synonymy

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Unio molleuri Morlet, 1891

Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 238, 242, pl. 7, fig. 4.
SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0119, [no locality available - Asia] Published type locality “Hab. Vallée du Mékong, sur les bords du rivage de ce fleuve (Molleur).”.

Parreysia (s.s.) molleuri — Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) (Group of P. molleuri) molleuri — Simpson (1914)
Unionella fabagina — Haas (1914)
Unionetta fabagina — Haas (1969), Brandt (1974), IUCN (2012), Pfeiffer et al. (2018)
Chenunionetta molleuri — Li et al. (2026)

Unionetta fabagina ‘Deshayes’ of Authors

(misidentified reference to Unio fabagina Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874)
‘Deshayes’ of Authors.
Guo, 2022. Unionoida: 218.
Ning et al., 2023. Tropic. Agric. Engineer. 47(1): 137, fig. 2.

Unionetta xishuangbannaensis — Chen et al. (2026)

Unionetta xishuangbannaensis Chen et al., 2026

Chen et al., 2026. Cathaica 2(5): 57, fig. 2.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NCUMB_B2603001, Luosuojiang River, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 101.28856°E, 21.92421°N.

Unionetta xishuangbannaensis — Chen et al. (2026)
Chenunionetta xishuangbannaensis — Xiang et al. (2026)
Chenunionetta molleuri — Li et al. (2026)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.) molleuri — Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) (Group of P. molleuri) molleuri — Simpson (1914)
Unionella fabagina — Haas (1914)
Unionetta fabagina — Haas (1969), Brandt (1974), IUCN (2012), Pfeiffer et al. (2018)
Unionetta xishuangbannaensis — Chen et al. (2026)
Chenunionetta xishuangbannaensis — Xiang et al. (2026)
Chenunionetta molleuri — Li et al. (2026)