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

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Publication Mabuchi & Nishida (2020): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Mabuchi, K. & K. Nishida. 2020. A DNA mini-barcoding system for endangered unionid mussels in the Lake Biwa system of Japan. Conservation Genetics Resources doi.org/10.1007/s12686-020-01160-w: 1-4. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria plicata
+ Dipsas plicata var. clessini Kobelt, 1879

Cristaria plicata = Cristaria clessini

Hyriopsis schlegeli = Sinohyriopsis schlegelii

Inversidens brandtii

Inversiunio reinianus

Inversiunio yanagawensis

Lanceolaria grayii
+ Unio oxyrhynchus Martens, 1861

Lanceolaria grayii = Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha

Nodularia douglasiae biwae = Nodularia douglasiae

Obovalis omiensis

Pronodularia japanensis

Sinanodonta calipygos

Sinanodonta japonica = Beringiana japonica

Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta ogurae = Sinanodonta tumens