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

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Publication Huang et al. (2019): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Huang, X.-C., J.-H. Su, J.-X. Ouyang, S. Ouyang, C.-H. Zhou & X.-P. Wu. 2019. Towards a global phylogeny of freshwater mussels (Bivalivia: Unionida): Species delimitation of Chinese taxa, mitochondrial phylogenomics, and diversification patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 45-59. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Aculamprotula coreana (Martens, 1886)

Aculamprotula fibrosa (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula grandidens (Lea, 1862)

Aculamprotula nodulosa (Wood, 1815)

Aculamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875)

Aculamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865)

Aculamprotula zonata (Heude, 1883)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Acuticosta ovata

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934

Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934

Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anemina euscaphys = Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina globosula = Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina sp. = Sinanodonta lauta

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

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 sp. 1 (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca sp. 2 (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

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis cf. heudei (Heude, 1874) = Cuneopsis heudei

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)

Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)

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

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Hyridella drapeta (Iredale, 1934)

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 = Lamellidens generosus

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

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

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877)

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

Lamprotula “scripta mitogenome” = Lamprotula caveata

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula cornuumlunae (Heude, 1883)

Lamprotula gottschei = Lamprotula leaii

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lanceolaria eucylindrica

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria grayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lanceolaria lanceolata (Lea, 1857)
+ Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857
+ Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877
+ Unio contortus var. conjungens Heude, 1877

Lanceolaria triformis (Heude, 1877)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Leoparreysia bhamoensis (Theobald, 1873) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Leoparreysia canefrii

Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)

Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Lepidodesma aligera (Heude, 1877)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera homsensis (Lea, 1865) = Pseudunio homsensis

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

Margaritifera rochechouartii (Heude, 1875) = Gibbosula rochechouartii

Medionidus conradicus (Lea, 1834)

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Microcondylaea bonellii (A. Férussac, 1827)

Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Monodontina aff. inoscularis sp. 1 = Pseudodon inoscularis

Monodontina aff. inoscularis sp. 2 = 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

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Nodularia cf. douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Nodularia nuxpersicae Dunker, 1848

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

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

Parvasolenaia neotriangularis (He & Zhuang, 2013)

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Parvasolenaia triangularis (Heude, 1885)

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)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827)

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon bogani = Indopseudodon bogani

Pseudodon manueli = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Ptychobranchus subtentum (Say, 1825) = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

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 burmana (Blanford, 1869) = Leoparreysia burmana

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

Radiatula mouhoti

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Schistodesmus cf. lampreyanus = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus sp. ‘Lamprotula gottschei’ = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Sinanodonta angula (Tchang, Li et Liu, 1965)

Sinanodonta elliptica

Sinanodonta joreti = Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Sinanodonta woodiana Bolotov et al., 2016

Sinanodonta woodiana spp. complex 1 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta woodiana spp. complex 2 = Sinanodonta elliptica

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)

Solenaia carinata (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia carinata

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Solenaia oleivora sp. 1 (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Solenaia oleivora sp. 2 (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)

Trapezidens obesa fea = Trapezidens angustior

Trapezidens obesa obesa (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus

Trapezoideus nesemanni = Yaukthwa nesemanni

Trapezoideus panhai = Yaukthwa panhai

Trapezoideus subclathratus (Martens, 1899) = Indonaia subclathrata

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)

Uniomerus tetralasmus

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris

Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus

Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934