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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!


Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina

genus Pletholophus Simpson, 1900: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

Pletholophus guangzhouensis Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2024
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 4 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Liuxi River, Guangdong, China (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Pletholophus honglinhensis Bogan, Do, Froufe & Lopes-Lima, 2023
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Lam (Ca) River, Vietnam. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Pletholophus reinianus (Martens, 1875)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (2 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Japan. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
syonymy (9 available, 15 total) | specimens (89 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in southeastern Asia, from the Yangtze south to Cambodia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Cristaria tenuis)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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