| Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025 |
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!
Search the database pages:
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Oxynaiina genus Schistodesmus Simpson, 1900: species
1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics  Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (28)
Range: Lower Yangtze Basin, Jiangsu to Hubei Province, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase
| Schistodesmus luqiaoensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces, northern China. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase |  Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (3 + 8 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Yangtze River, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase
| Schistodesmus tongpenensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Guanxi, Hunan, and Hubei provinces, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase |  Schistodesmus xinyuensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (8 + 13 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Yangtze Basin near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1
other links: MolluscaBase
| Schistodesmus trapezoidus B.-Y. Huang, 1981 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: China, fossil.
other links: MolluscaBase |
|
