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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

genus Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900: synonymy
     7 Recent valid species (10 total species)

Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 804.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 943.
Type species: Unio celtiformis Heude, 1874 (orig. desig.) = Cuneopsis celtiformis

Procuneopsis Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov in
Popova & Starobogatov, 1970. Moll. Kyzylgirsk. Svity. Gornogo: 61.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 66, 285.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio heudei Heude, 1874 (orig. desig.) = Cuneopsis heudei

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

CuneopsisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1920), Haas (1924), Thiele (1934), ... Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
UnioSimpson (1914), He & Zhuang (2013)
Cuneopsis (Procuneopsis)Starobogatov (1970), Dang et al. (1980)

 
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