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

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Publication Bolotov et al. (2020): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., E.S. Konopleva, I.V. Vikhrev, M.Yu. Gofarov, M. Lopes-Lima et al. 2020. New freshwater mussel taxa discoveries clarify biogeographic division of Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports 10. 6616 (22 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934

Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934

Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850)

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Balwantia baniensis sp. nov. = Yaukthwa baniensis

Balwantia elongatula (Bolotov et al., 2019) = Yaukthwa elongatula

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836)

Bineurus exilis (Morelet, 1866)

Bineurus mouhotii (Lea, 1863)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

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

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

Contradens comptus (Deshayes & Jullien, 1874) = Lens comptus

Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens crossei Deshayes , 1874 = Lens micropterus

Contradens eximius (Lea, 1856) = Lens eximius

Contradens misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Lens misellus

Contradens novoselovi Konopleva et al., 2019 = Lens novoselovi

Contradens pallegoixi (Sowerby, 1867) = Lens pallegoixi

Contradens rolfbrandti Jeratthitikul & Panha, 2019 = Lens rolfbrandti

Ensidens ingallsianus (Lea, 1852)

Ensidens pazii (Lea, 1862) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Ensidens sagittarius (Lea, 1856)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Harmandia somboriensis Rochebrune, 1881

Hyriopsis bialatus Simpson, 1900 = Hyriopsis bialata

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Hyriopsis gracilis Haas, 1910 = Hyriopsis bialata

Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856)

Hyriopsis sp. 1 = Hyriopsis panhai

Indochinella pugio daweiensis Bolotov et al., 2019 = Indochinella pugio

Indochinella pugio paradoxa = Indochinella pugio

Indochinella pugio pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

Indochinella pugio viridissima Bolotov et al., 2019 = Indochinella pugio

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

Indonaia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Indonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831)

Indonaia lima (Simpson, 1900) = Pseudoscabies scobina

Indonaia subclathrata (Martens, 1899)

Lamellidens ferrugineus (Annandale, 1918)

Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamellidens savadiensis (Nevill, 1877)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862)

Leoparreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869)

Leoparreysia canefrii Vikhrev, Bolotov & Kondakov, 2017

Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)

Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Leoparreysia whitteni Bolotov et al., 2019

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Monodontina aeneola (Drouet & Chaper, 1892) = Cosmopseudodon aeneolus

Monodontina cambodjensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1865) = Pseudodon vagulus
+ Monocondylus orbicularis Morelet, 1866
+ Unio subtrigonus Sowerby, 1867
+ Unio vagulus Fischer, 1891
+ Pseudodon cambodjensis tenerrimus Brandt, 1974

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

Monodontina laosica sp. nov. = Pseudodon mekongi
+ Pseudodon vondembuschianus Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015

Monodontina lenyanensis sp. nov. = Pseudodon lenyanensis

Monodontina mekongi sp. nov. = Pseudodon mekongi
+ Pseudodon vondembuschianus Zieritz et al., 2016

Monodontina vondembuschiana (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus
+ Alasmodonta crispata Mousson, 1849
+ Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849
+ Monodontina buschiana Conrad, 1853
+ Monocondyloea planulata Lea, 1859
+ Microcondylaea hageni Strubell, 1897

Monodontina walpolei (Hanley, 1871) = Pseudodon walpolei
+ Pseudodon crassus Drouët & Chaper, 1892

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Nyeinchanconcha nyeinchani gen. & sp. nov.
+ Pseudodon cumingii Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015

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

Parreysia cf. favidens sp. 1 (Müller, 1774) [sic] = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia cf. favidens sp. 2 (Müller, 1774) [sic] = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia rakhinensis sp. nov.

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Physunio modelli Brandt, 1974

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)

Pilsbryoconcha compressa (Martens, 1860) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pilsbryoconcha lemeslei (Morelet, 1875) = Namkongnaia lemeslei

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudodon avae (Theobald, 1873) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon bogani Bolotov, Kondakov & Konopleva, 2017 = Indopseudodon bogani

Pseudodon cf. inoscularis (Gould, 1844) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Pseudodon crebristriatus (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus
+ Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. curvata Preston, 1912

Pseudodon kayinensis sp. nov. = Indopseudodon kayinensis

Pseudodon manueli Konopleva, Kondakov & Vikrev, 2017 = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon peguensis (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon salwenianus (Gould, 1844) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Radiatula chaudhurii (Preston, 1912)

Radiatula crispisulcata (Benson, 1862)

Radiatula mouhoti Vikhrev, Bolotov & Konopleva, 2017

Radiatula myitkyinae (Prashad, 1930)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Scabiellus songkramensis (Kongim & Panha, 2015)

Scabies anceps (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874)

Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843)

Scabies humilis (Lea, 1856)

Scabies mandarinus (Morelet, 1863)

Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856)

Scabies phaselus (Lea, 1856)

Scabies pilata (Lea, 1866)

Scabies scobinatus (Lea, 1856)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Solenaia carinata (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia carinata

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

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

Solenaia oleivora sp. 3 (Heude, 1877) = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Solenaia sp. = Sinosolenaia recognita

Sundadontina brandti sp. nov.

Sundadontina cumingii (Lea, 1850)
+ Pseudodus chaperi Morgan, 1885

Sundadontina harmandi (Crosse & Fischer, 1876)

Sundadontina mabilli (Rochebrune, 1881)

Sundadontina moreleti Crosse & Fischer, 1876 = Songkhlanaia moreleti

Sundadontina ponderosa (Preston, 1909)

Sundadontina sulcatum (Rochebrune, 1881) = Sundadontina sulcata

Sundadontina tanintharyiensis sp. nov.

Sundadontina taskaevi sp. nov.

Sundadontina tumida (Morelet, 1866)

Thaiconcha callifera (Martens, 1860) = Songkhlanaia moreleti
+ Pseudodon ellipticum Conrad, 1865
+ Pseudodon thomsoni Morlet, 1884

Thaiconcha callifera (Martens, 1860)

Thaiconcha ovalis (Morlet, 1889) = Sundadontina ovalis

Trapezidens angustior (Hanley & Theobald, 1876)

Trapezidens dolichorhynchus (Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)

Trapezidens scutum (Sowerby, 1868)

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)

Trapezoideus lenya sp. nov.

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

Unionetta fabagina (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Yaukthwa avaensis sp. nov.

Yaukthwa dalliana (Frierson, 1913)

Yaukthwa inlenensis Konopleva et al., 2019

Yaukthwa nesemanni (Konopleva, Vikhrev & Bolotov, 2017)

Yaukthwa paiensis Konopleva et al., 2019

Yaukthwa panhai (Konopleva, Bolotov & Kondakov, 2017)

Yaukthwa peguensis (Anthony, 1865)

Yaukthwa zayleymanensis (Preston, 1912)