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Geography

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Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

species Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Solenaia soleniformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Balwantia soleniformis — Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Range

Northeastern India and Myanmar.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Balwantia soleniformis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

NCSM_27760
Asia, India, Mizoram

India

BMNH_60-9-10-4 [locality illegible - Brahmaputra ?]]	BMNH_60-9-10-4 [locality illegible - Brahmaputra ?]]	USNM_127246 Brahmapootra
USNM_127246 Brahmapootra	BMNH_MP_D249 Cachar	BMNH_MP_D250 Cachar
BMNH_1904-12-30-200 Cachar [India]	SMF_13491 Cachar, O. Indien	BMNH_MP_D251 Eastern Cachar
BMNH_66-12-4-1736 Resputali [?] R., Kachar	BMNH_66-12-4-1736 Resputali [?] R., Kachar	MCZ_101857 Silchar, Cachar, Assam
UMMZ_112702 Silchar, Cachar, India

unknown

UMMZ_23154
[no locality available - Asia]

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

India

DLS-DU BS-BDH-1 (BS-BDH-1 ). (16S: OR166511, COI: OR162149, go to Genbank) India: shoreline sandstone outcrop, Burhidihing River, Dibrugarh, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (27.27928543, 94.799468994).

DLS-DU BS-BDH-2 (BS-BDH-2 ). (16S: OR166512, COI: OR162150, go to Genbank) ditto.

DLS-DU BS-BDH-3 (BS-BDH-3 ). (16S: OR166513, go to Genbank) ditto.

DLS-DU BS-BDH-4 (BS-BDH-4 ). (28S: OR164410, COI: OR162151, go to Genbank) ditto.

DLS-DU BS-BDH-5 (BS-BDH-5 ). (28S: OR164411, COI: OR162152, go to Genbank) ditto.