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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Aculamprotula

species Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865): synonymy
     11 specimens + 10 Genbank vouchers

Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 76.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 286, pl. 39, fig. 98.

Quadrula (Lamprotula) tortuosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lamprotula tortuosaHaas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Liu et al. (1980), Prozorova et al. (2005), Hu (2005), ... Soroka & Burzynski (2017), Soroka & Burzynski (2018), Aunins et al. (2018), Fukata & Iigo (2020), Chen et al. (2020)
Aculamprotula tortuosaBogan (2010), Pfeiffer & Graf (2013), He & Zhuang (2013), Bogan (2013), Wu et al. (2016), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)

Unio (Lampsilis) subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867
Baird & Adams, 1867. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1867: 491, pl. 26, fig. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1867-5-18-17, Shanghi, China.

Quadrula (Lamprotula) tortuosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamprotula tortuosaHaas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Prozorova et al. (2005)
Aculamprotula tortuosaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Unio retortus Heude, 1883
Heude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 57, fig. 109.
(homonym of Unio retortus Martens, 1875)

Quadrula (Lamprotula) tortuosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamprotula tortuosaHaas (1969), Liu et al. (1979)
Aculamprotula tortuosaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Unio contortus Sowerby, 1868
‘Baird & Adams’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: errata.
(error for Unio (Lampsilis) subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (Lamprotula) tortuosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lamprotula tortuosaHaas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Liu et al. (1980), Prozorova et al. (2005), Hu (2005), ... Soroka & Burzynski (2017), Soroka & Burzynski (2018), Aunins et al. (2018), Fukata & Iigo (2020), Chen et al. (2020)
Aculamprotula tortuosaBogan (2010), Pfeiffer & Graf (2013), He & Zhuang (2013), Bogan (2013), Wu et al. (2016), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)

 
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