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Publication Pfeiffer et al. (2021): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Pfeiffer, J.M., D.L. Graf, K.S. Cummings & L.M. Page. 2021. Taxonomic revision of a radiation of Southeast Asian freshwater mussels (Unionidae: Gonideinae: Contradentini+Rectidentini). Invertebrate Systematics 35: 394-470. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836)

Ctenodesma borneensis (Issel, 1874)
+ Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859
+ Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Ctenodesma scheibeneri Haas, 1927

Elongaria orientalis (Lea, 1840) = Rectidens orientalis
+ Unio productus Mousson, 1849
+ Unio productior Lea, 1852
+ Unio bithynicus Kobelt, 1893

Elongaria trompi (Drouët & Chaper, 1892) = Nannonaia trompi

Ensidens dugasti (Morlet, 1892), stat. rev.
+ Ensidens sagittarius Muanta et al., 2019

Ensidens ingallsianus (Lea, 1852)
+ Unio pazii Lea, 1862

Ensidens jaculus (Rochebrune, 1882), stat. rev.
+ Ensidens sagittarius Muanta et al., 2019

Ensidens sagittarius (Lea, 1856)

Ensidens spiculus sp. nov.
+ Ensidens sagittarius Bolotov et al., 2017

Ensidens telus sp. nov.
+ Ensidens ingallsianus Muanta et al., 2019
+ Ensidens sagittarius Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900
+ Unio delphinus Lea, 1840
+ Unio delphinus Gruner, 1841
+ Unio megapterus Morelet, 1864
+ Unio delphinopterus Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
+ Hyriopsis gracilis Haas, 1910

Hyriopsis delaportei (Crosse & Fischer, 1876)

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Hyriopsis khoratensis sp. nov.

Hyriopsis kratiensis sp. nov.

Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856)
+ Unio housei Lea, 1856
+ Unio sutrangensis Morlet, 1889
+ Unio stungtrangensis Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904
+ Unio patrangensis Morlet, 1904
+ Hyriopsis delaportei Muanta et al., 2019

Hyriopsis phuphaniensis sp. nov.

Hyriopsis sakhonensis sp. nov.

Hyriopsis undescribed = Hyriopsis panhai

Hyriopsis velthuizeni (Schepman, 1896)

Lamprotula cornuumlunae

Lens comptus (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien 1876), comb. nov.
+ Harmandia munensis Brandt, 1974
+ Contradens semmelinki fultoni Lopes-Lima et al., 2017

Lens contradens (Lea, 1838), comb. nov.
+ Contortus contortus Araujo et al., 2017
+ Unio javanus Lea, 1840
+ Unio exilis Dunker, 1846
+ Unio mutatus Mousson, 1849
+ Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856
+ Unio cambodiensis Lea, 1856
+ Unio ascia Hanley, 1856
+ Unio rusticus Lea, 1856
+ Unio sumatrensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio mederianus Küster, 1861
+ Unio paivanus Morelet, 1865
+ Unio asperulus Lea, 1866
+ Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870
+ Unio semidecoratus Morlet, 1889
+ Unio dautzenbergi Morlet, 1889
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Lens eximius (Lea, 1856)
+ Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866

Lens inornatus (Lea, 1856), comb. nov.

Lens lugens (Drouët & Chaper, 1892), comb. nov.
+ Unio saccellus Drouët & Chaper, 1892
+ Unio fulvaster Drouët & Chaper, 1892

Lens maenamensis sp. nov.
+ Contradens crossei Jeratthitikul et al., 2019

Lens micropterus (Morelet, 1866), comb. nov.
+ Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866
+ Margaron (Unio) versus Lea, 1870
+ Unio inornatus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio crossei Deshayes & Jullien, 1876
+ Unio semialatus Deshayes & Jullien, 1876
+ Diplodon ludovicianum Rochebrune, 1882
+ Unio inaequalis Rochebrune, 1882
+ Unio fischerianus Morlet, 1883
+ Unio siamensis Morlet, 1889
+ Unio soboles Fischer, 1891
+ Contradens contradens Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015

Lens misellus (Morelet, 1865)
+ Unio siamensis Lea, 1866

Lens novoselovi (Konopleva et al., 2019)

Lens pallegoixi (Sowerby, 1867)

Lens rolfbrandti (Jeratthitikul & Panha, 2019)

Lens semmelinki (von Martens, 1891)
+ Unio semmelincki Haas, 1914

Leoparreysia subcircularis (Brandt, 1974)

Monodontina cambodjensis (Petit, 1865) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Parvasolenaia neotriangularis

Parvasolenaia rivularis

Parvasolenaia triangularis

Physunio massini (Morelet, 1864)

Physunio modelli Brandt, 1974

Physunio pellucidus sp. nov.

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)
+ Unio gravidus Lea, 1856
+ Unio velaris Hanley, 1856
+ Unio abnormis Morelet, 1862
+ Unio superbus Sowerby, 1867

Pressidens exanthematicus (Küster, 1861)
+ Pseudodon insularis Drouët, 1894
+ Pressidens moellendorffi Haas, 1910

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
+ Unio macropterus Dunker, 1846

Prohyriopsis stolata (von Martens, 1900)

Radiatula gratiosus (Philippi, 1843) comb. nov. = Indonaia gratiosa

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)
+ Unio perakensis Morgan, 1885
+ Unio lingulatus Drouët & Chaper, 1892
+ Unio prolongatus Drouët, 1894
+ Microcondylaea gracilis Strubell, 1897
+ Unio palembangensis Strubell, 1897
+ Unio pahangensis E.A. Smith, 1899
+ Unio palembangensis var. pahumbaensis Martens, 1900
+ Unio pressirostris Martens, 1900
+ Unio perakensis Preston, 1912
+ Rectidens prestoni Simpson, 1914

Solenaia carinata = Sinosolenaia carinata

Solenaia emarginata (Lea, 1860)
+ Solenaia khwaenoiensis Deein et al., 2004

Solenaia oleivora = Sinosolenaia iridinea
+ Mycetopus iridineus Heude, 1874

Solenaia oleivora = Sinosolenaia oleivora

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)

Trapezoideus lenya Bolotov, Konopleva, Vikhrev, Gofarov, Lopes-Lima, Bogan, Lunn, Chan, Win, Aksenova, Tomilova, Tanmuangpak, Tumpeesuwan & Kondakov, 2020

Trapezoideus subviridis sp. nov.

Yaukthwa avaensis Bolotov, Konopleva, Vikhrev, Gofarov, Lopes-Lima, Bogan, Lunn, Chan, Win, Aksenova, Tomilova, Tanmuangpak, Tumpeesuwan & Kondakov, 2020

Yaukthwa baniensis (Bolotov, Konopleva, Vikhrev, Gofarov, Lopes-Lima, Bogan, Lunn, Chan, Win, Aksenova, Tomilova, Tanmuangpak, Tumpeesuwan & Kondakov, 2020), comb. nov.
+ Balwantia myanmarensis Bolotov et al., 2020

Yaukthwa dalliana (Frierson, 1913)

Yaukthwa elongatula Bolotov, Konopleva, Vikhrev, Lopes-Lima, Bogan, Lunn, Chan, Win, Aksenova, Gofarov, Tomilova & Kondakov, 2019, comb. res.

Yaukthwa inlenensis Konopleva, Pfeiffer, Vikhrev, Kondakov, Gofarov, Aksenova, Lunn, Chan & Bolotov, 2019

Yaukthwa nesemanni (Konopleva, Vikhrev & Bolotov in Bolotov et al., 2017)

Yaukthwa paiensis Konopleva, Pfeiffer, Vikhrev, Kondakov, Gofarov, Aksenova, Lunn, Chan & Bolotov, 2019

Yaukthwa panhai (Konopleva, Bolotov & Kondakov in Bolotov et al., 2017)

Yaukthwa peguensis (Anthony, 1865)

Yaukthwa rectangularis (Tapparone-Canefri, 1889), comb. nov.

Yaukthwa zayleymanensis (Preston, 1912)