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

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Publication Sano et al. (2017): summary
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Complete Citation

Sano, I., A. Shirai, T. Kondo & J.-I. Miyazaki. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of Japanese Unionoida (Mollusca: Bivalvia) based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. Journal of Water Resources and Protection 9: 493-509. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 11 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Acuticosta ovata

Anemina arcaeformis Heude, 1977 [sic]

Arconaia lanceolata = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Cristaria plicata Leach, 1815

Cuneopsis pisciculus = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Hyriopsis cumingii = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Hyriopsis schlegeli Martens, 1861 = Sinohyriopsis schlegelii

Inversidens brandti Kobelt, 1879 = Inversidens brandtii

Inversiunio jokohamensis Ihering, 1893

Inversiunio reinianus Kobelt, 1879

Inversiunio yanagawensis Kondo, 1982

Lamprotula leai = Lamprotula leaii

Lanceolaria grayii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Lepidodesma languilati

Margaritifera laevis Haas, 1910

Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Neotrigonia lamarckii

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Nodularia douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Nodularia douglasiae biwae = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia douglasiae nipponensis = Nodularia nipponensis

Obovalis omiensis Heimburg, 1884

Pletholophus tenuis Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Pronodularia japanensis Lea, 1859

Ptychorhynchus ptisteri [sic] = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Sinanodonta calipygos Kobelt, 1879

Sinanodonta japonica Clessin, 1874 = Beringiana japonica

Sinanodonta lauta Martens, 1877

Sinanodonta ogurae Kuroda & Habe, 1987 = Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana

Solenaia oleivora = Sinosolenaia oleivora