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

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Publication Bolotov et al. (2017): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., I.V. Vikhrev, A.V. Kondakov, E.S. Konopleva, M.Y. Gofarov et al. 2017. New taxa of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from a species-rich but overlooked evolutionary hotspot in Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports 7. 11573 (18 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865)

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934

Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934

Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina sp. = Sinanodonta lauta

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Bineurus aff. mouhotii sp. 1 (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Bineurus aff. mouhotii sp. 2 (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Bineurus aff. mouhotii sp. 3 (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Bineurus cumingii (Lea, 1850) = Sundadontina cumingii

Bineurus ellipticus (Conrad, 1865) = Thaiconcha callifera

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Contradens aff. contradens sp. 1 (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens eximius (Lea, 1856) = Lens eximius

Contradens sp. “Nam Long” = Lens comptus

Contradens sp. “Vieng Phou Kha” = Lens novoselovi

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Ensidens aff. sagittarius sp. 1 (Lea, 1856) = Ensidens sagittarius

Ensidens aff. sagittarius sp. 2 (Lea, 1856) = Ensidens sagittarius

Ensidens aff. sagittarius sp. 3 (Lea, 1856) = Ensidens sagittarius

Ensidens cf. ingallsianus (Lea, 1852) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856)

Hyriopsis sp. 1 = Hyriopsis panhai

Hyriopsis sp. 2 = Hyriopsis khoratensis

Indonaia aff. khadakvaslaensis sp. 1 (Ray, 1966) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Indonaia aff. khadakvaslaensis sp. 2 (Ray, 1966) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Indonaia aff. khadakvaslaensis sp. 3 (Ray, 1966) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Indonaia aff. khadakvaslaensis sp. 4 (Ray, 1966) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Indonaia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Indonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831)

Indonaia lima (Simpson, 1900) = Pseudoscabies scobina

Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 1 (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 2 (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 3 (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 4 (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 5 (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens brandti sp. nov. = Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens cf. corrianus (Lea, 1834) = Lamellidens corrianus

Lamellidens cf. jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862) = Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847) = Lamellidens ferrugineus
+ Physunio ferrugineus Annandale, 1918
+ Lamellidens burmanus Simpson, 1914
+ Physunio micropteroides Annandale, 1918

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877) = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus
+ Unio gianellii Tapparone Canefri, 1889
+ Lamellidens canefrianus Simpson, 1900
+ Lamellidens nongyangensis Preston, 1912
+ Lamellidens indawgyiensis Prashad, 1930

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877) = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria grayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Leoparreysia bhamoensis (Theobald, 1873) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio mandelayensis Theobald, 1873

Leoparreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869)

Leoparreysia canefrii sp. nov.

Leoparreysia choprae (Prashad, 1930) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Leoparreysia feae (Tapparone Canefri, 1889) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Leoparreysia feddeni (Theobald, 1873) = Parreysia corrugata

Leoparreysia houngdarauica (Tapparone Canefri, 1889) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)

Leoparreysia perconvexa (Preston, 1912)

Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Leoparreysia vulcanus (Hanley, 1875)

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae Johnson, 1983

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)

Margaritifera monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Ferussac, 1827)

Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Monodontina aff. inoscularis sp. 1 (Gould, 1844) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Monodontina aff. inoscularis sp. 2 (Gould, 1844) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 1 (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2 (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monodontina cambodjensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1865) = Pseudodon cambodjensis

Monodontina vondembuschiana (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Nodularia nuxpersicae Dunker, 1848

Oxynaia aff. pugio sp. 1 (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

Oxynaia pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

Oxynaia sp. ‘Taungoo’ = Indochinella pugio

Oxynaia sp. ‘Tavoy’ = Indochinella pugio

Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 1 (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 2 (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 3 (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Physunio modelli Brandt, 1974

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)

Pilsbryoconcha aff. compressa sp. 1 (Martens, 1860) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha aff. exilis sp. 1 (Lea, 1838) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha aff. exilis sp. 2 (Lea, 1838) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha compressa (Martens, 1860) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon bogani sp. nov. = Indopseudodon bogani

Pseudodon crebristriata (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Pseudodon inoscularis (Gould, 1844)

Pseudodon manueli sp. nov. = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon peguensis (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon salweniana (Gould, 1844) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Radiatula aff. humilis sp. 1 (Lea, 1856) = Scabies humilis

Radiatula aff. humilis sp. 2 (Lea, 1856) = Scabies humilis

Radiatula aff. humilis sp. 3 (Lea, 1856) = Scabies humilis

Radiatula cf. bonneaudii sp. 1 (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii

Radiatula chaudhurii (Preston, 1912)

Radiatula crispisulcata (Benson, 1862)

Radiatula mouhoti sp. nov.

Radiatula myitkyinae (Prashad, 1930)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Solenaia carinata (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia carinata

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Solenaia sp. = Sinosolenaia recognita

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)

Trapezidens obesa angustior (Hanley et Theobald, 1876) = Trapezidens angustior

Trapezidens obesa feae ssp. nov. = Trapezidens angustior

Trapezidens obesa obesa (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus
+ Unio dolichorhynchus Tapparone Canefri, 1889
+ Unio scutum var. humilior Martens, 1899

Trapezidens scutum (Sowerby, 1868)

Trapezoideus ‘Salween’ = Yaukthwa inlenensis

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)
+ Trapezoideus exolescens Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)

Trapezoideus nesemanni sp. nov. = Yaukthwa nesemanni

Trapezoideus panhai sp. nov. = Yaukthwa panhai

Trapezoideus peguensis (Anthony, 1865) = Yaukthwa peguensis

Trapezoideus subclathratus (Martens, 1899) = Indonaia subclathrata
+ Trapezoideus foliaceus var. zayleymanensis Preston, 1912

Trapezoideus subclathratus (Martens, 1899) = Yaukthwa zayleymanensis

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris