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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Lanceolariini | Lanceolaria

species Lanceolaria lanceolata (Lea, 1856): synonymy
     36 specimens + 13 Genbank vouchers

Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 79.
(renamed Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857)

Arconaia lanceolataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), ... Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Kim et al. (2021), Xiang et al. (2025)
Arconaia lanceolate [sic]Zhou et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2018)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Froufe et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Guerra et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)

Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 319 [39], pl. 33, fig. 33.
(new name for Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_83884, Shanghai, China.

Arconaia lanceolataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Habe (1977), Liu et al. (1979), Prozorova et al. (2005), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013)
Arconaia contortaThiele (1934)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Bieler (2021)

Unio contortus var. conjungens Heude, 1877
Heude, 1877. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (2): pl. 15, fig. 33.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857)

Arconaia conjungensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Arconaia lanceolataHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019)

Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877
Heude, 1877. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (2): pl. 15, fig. 32.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3415, Hou Nan, Chine.

Arconaia muticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Prozorova et al. (2005), Hu (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia lanceolataHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), He & Zhuang (2013)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Arconaia mntica Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.
(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)

Arconaia huaihensis Huang & Li, 2003
Huang & Li, 2003. Chinese J. Zool. 38(4): 82.

Arconaia huaihensisProzorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia lanceolataHe & Zhuang (2013)
Lanceolaria lanceolataGraf & Cummings (2021)

Unio contorta var. muticns Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.
(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)

Arconaia lanceolate Zhou et al., 2017
Zhou et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 9: 235.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 140.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): 1799.
(error for Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Arconaia lanceolataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), ... Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Kim et al. (2021), Xiang et al. (2025)
Arconaia conjungensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Arconaia muticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Prozorova et al. (2005), Hu (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia contortaThiele (1934)
Arconaia huaihensisProzorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Arconaia lanceolate [sic]Zhou et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2018)
Lanceolaria lanceolataHuang et al. (2019), Froufe et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Guerra et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)

 
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