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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Gibbosulinae

genus Gibbosula Simpson, 1900: species
     3 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics

Gibbosula confragosa Frierson, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Northern China. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Gibbosula crassa (Wood, 1815)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Southern China and northern Vietnam. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Lamprotula mansuyi)
other links: MolluscaBase

Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863)
syonymy (2 available, 6 total) | specimens (24 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Eastern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, southeastern Asia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(i,iii)+2ab(i,iii) (Margaritifera laosensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (13 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Yangtze River, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2ac (Lamprotula rochechouartii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Gibbosula sinensis Chen, Dai, Chen & Wu in Chen et al., 2025
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Endemic to the Nanbanhe River, upper Mekong Basin, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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