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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | unionoid

species unionoid species __: specimens
     47 available nominal species synonyms (154 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Disconaias purpuriata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Coelatura madagascariensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Sphenonaias mexicana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Nephronaias oregonensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Sphenonaias colorata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Nephronaias rugulosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Nephronaias tabascoensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Diplodon fluctiger — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2009), Bogan (2010)
Nephronaias mellea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Nephronaias sphenorhyncha — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Velesunio ovata [sic] — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Coelatura malgachensis — Graf & Cummings (2007)
— Graf & Cummings (2009), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Velesunio ovata — Bogan (2010)
Unio madagascariensis — IUCN (2016)
Unio malgachensis — IUCN (2016)
Trapezoideus exolescens — Konopleva et al. (2017)
Trapezoideus foliaceus — Bolotov et al. (2017)
Trapezoideus sp. 1 — Bolotov et al. (2017)
Physunio sp. ‘Trapezoideus’ — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
undescribed Contradentini sp. — Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Simpsonella sp. — Bolotov et al. (2024)

Range

NA

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

BMNH_1965212. Hab._?

BMNH_93-2-4-1965. les eaux de la Vallèe du Tage, entre Villa-Nova et Azumbuja [Portugal].

Australia

China

Guatemala

Madagascar

Mexico

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

SMF_3532. N. Guinea; Umg. v. Konstantinhafen ?

unknown

Vietnam

Zambia

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Laos

UMMZ_304347. (16S: KF011265, 28S: KP795018, COI: KP795036, ND1: KF011256, go to Genbank) Nam Ou, Haat Veune Rapids, downstream of Gnot Ou, Phongsali Province, Laos (22°4’40” N, 101°46’ 0” E).