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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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species Pseudocuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874): synonymy
     6 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Unio capitatus Heude, 1874
Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 114.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3401, Chine Centrale.

Cuneopsis capitatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Prozorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2011), ... Wu et al. (2019), Wu et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022)
Cuneopsis capitataHaas (1924), Liu et al. (1979), Liu et al. (1980), Zhang et al. (2004), Hu (2005), Xiong et al. (2012), Fukata & Iigo (2019), Liu et al. (2020), Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2021)
Cuneopsis pisciculusHaas (1969)
Pseudocuneopsis capitatusWu et al. (2022)
Pseudocuneopsis capitataDai et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), ... Wang et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Cuneopsis capitatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Prozorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2011), ... Wu et al. (2019), Wu et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022)
Cuneopsis capitataHaas (1924), Liu et al. (1979), Liu et al. (1980), Zhang et al. (2004), Hu (2005), Xiong et al. (2012), Fukata & Iigo (2019), Liu et al. (2020), Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2021)
Cuneopsis pisciculusHaas (1969)
Pseudocuneopsis capitatusWu et al. (2022)
Pseudocuneopsis capitataDai et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), ... Wang et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)

 
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