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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Chamberlainiini

genus Sinohyriopsis Starobogatov, 1970: species
     2 available nominal genus synonyms (4 total synonyms) | cladomics

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (47 + 17 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in China from the Huang He (Yellow) River south to the Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam. Introduced to Japan. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COII, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Hyriopsis cumingii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Sinohyriopsis goliath (Rolle, 1904)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (11 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Vietnam. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (36 + 11 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Biwa, Japan. Introduced to Lake Kasumigaura. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COII, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, other
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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