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

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species Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874): synonymy
     4 specimens + 6 Genbank vouchers

Unio rufescens Heude, 1874
Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 113.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 1, fig. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3394, Riviere de Fou-Tchou (Kiang Si).

Cuneopsis rufescensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), ... Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Unio rufescensHe & Zhuang (2013)
Cuneopsis rufestcens [sic]Ouyang et al. (2015)

Cuneopsis rufestcens Ouyang et al., 2015
Ouyang et al., 2015. J. Agri. Biotech. 23(6): Table 1.
(reference to Unio rufescens Heude, 1874)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Cuneopsis rufescensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), ... Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Unio rufescensHe & Zhuang (2013)
Cuneopsis rufestcens [sic]Ouyang et al. (2015)

 
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