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

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species Pseudocuneopsis liuovatus (He & Zhuang, 2013): synonymy
     2 specimens

Unio ovatus Liu et al., 1994
Liu, Duan & Wang in Liu et al., 1994. Acta Zootax. Sinica 19(1): 31, 35, text. 8.
(homonym of Unio ovatus Say, 1817)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ASIZB_FM_01465, Jiangkou (27.6° N, 108.8° E), Guizhou Province.

Pseudobaphia ovatusProzorova et al. (2005)
Unio ovatusHu (2005)
Pseudobaphia ovataGraf & Cummings (2007)
Lamellidens liuovatusHe & Zhuang (2013), Bogan & Do (2018)
Pseudobaphia liuovatusGraf & Cummings (2021)
Ptychorhynchus liuovatusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudocuneopsis liuovatusChen et al. (2025)

Lamellidens liuovatus He & Zhuang, 2013
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 56.
(new name for Unio ovatus Liu et al., 1994)

Lamellidens liuovatusHe & Zhuang (2013), Zieritz et al. (2018), Bogan & Do (2018), Liu et al. (2020)
Pseudobaphia liuovatusGraf & Cummings (2021)
Ptychorhynchus liuovatusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudocuneopsis liuovatusChen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Pseudocuneopsis heqing Wang et al., 2025
Wang & Wu in Wang et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): 2184, fig. 1B.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SXNU_25081601, Heiwan River (27.8839°N, 108.7329°E) in Jiangkou County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province, China.

Pseudocuneopsis heqingWang et al. (2025)
Pseudocuneopsis liuovatusChen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pseudobaphia ovatusProzorova et al. (2005)
Unio ovatusHu (2005)
Pseudobaphia ovataGraf & Cummings (2007)
Lamellidens liuovatusHe & Zhuang (2013), Bogan & Do (2018), Zieritz et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2020)
Pseudobaphia liuovatusGraf & Cummings (2021)
Ptychorhynchus liuovatusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudocuneopsis liuovatusChen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pseudocuneopsis heqingWang et al. (2025)

 
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