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

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Publication Wu et al. (2022): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Wu, X.-P., Y.-T. Dai, N. Yin, F.-Y. Shu, Z.-G. Chen et al. 2022. Mitogenomic phylogeny resolves Cuneopsis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) as polyphyletic: The description of two new genera and a new species. Zoologica Scripta 51: 173-184. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula coreana (Martens, 1886) = Scriptolamprotula coreana

Aculamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877) = Scriptolamprotula polysticta

Aculamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875) = Scriptolamprotula scripta

Aculamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863) = Scriptolamprotula tientsinensis

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865) = Scriptolamprotula tortuosa

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina harlandi

Anemina euscaphys (Heude, 1879) = Anemina harlandi

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Arcuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1874) = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis demangei Haas, 1929

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis kiangsiensis Tchang & Li, 1965

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)

Inversiunio jokohamensis

Inversiunio reinianus

Inversiunio verrucosus

Inversiunio yanagawensis

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayii (Gray, 1833)

Lanceolaria lanceolata (Lea, 1856)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leaunio lienosus (Conrad, 1834)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Monodontina vondembuschiana (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Nodularia breviconcha Lee, Kim, Bogan & Kondo

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Nodularia nipponensis

Nodularia nuxpersicae

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudocuneopsis capitatus (Heude, 1874) = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis Huang, Dai, Chen & Wu sp. nov.

Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus sp. = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)

Sinosolenaia carinata (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

 
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