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Publication Bolotov et al. (2022): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., R. Pasupuleti, N.V. Subba Rao, S.K. Unnikrishnan, E.S. Konopleva et al. 2022. Oriental freshwater mussels arose in East Gondwana and arrived to Asia on the Indian Plate and Burma Terrane. Scientific Reports 12. 1518 (26 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Arcidopsis footei (Theobald, 1876)
+ Trapezoideus prashadi Haas, 1922

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836)
+ Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

Diplodon parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868

Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)
+ Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927
+ Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866

Harmandia somboriensis Rochebrune, 1881

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

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

Indochinella pugio pugio (Benson, 1862) = Indochinella pugio

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

Indonaia hunteri (Hislop, 1860)

Indonaia pascoei Prashad, 1928

Indonaia substriata (Lea, 1856)
+ Nodularia (s.s.) pecten Preston, 1912

Indonaia (caerulea-group) andersoniana (Nevill, 1877) = Indonaia andersoniana

Indonaia (caerulea-group) bonneaudii (Eydoux, 1838) = Indonaia bonneaudii
+ Unio leioma Benson, 1862

Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia caerulea
+ Lampsilis argyratus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio nuttallianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio pachysoma Benson, 1862
+ Trapezoideus dhanushori Annandale & Prashad, 1921
+ Unio gaudichaudii Eydoux, 1838
+ Unio keraudreni Eydoux, 1838
+ Unio gerbidoni Eydoux, 1838
+ Unio evitatus Lea, 1866

Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia corbis

Indonaia (caerulea-group) rugosa (Gmelin, 1791) = Pseudoscabies scobina
+ Diplasma (Hemisolasma?) striata Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio scobina Hanley, 1856
+ Nodularia (sec. Radiatula) lima Simpson, 1900
+ Unio radula Hanley, 1856
+ Radiatula khadakvaslaensis Bolotov et al., 2017
+ Indonaia lima Bolotov et al., 2017

Indonaia (caerulea-group) rugosa (Gmelin, 1791) = Indonaia rugosa

Indonaia (caerulea-group) shurtleffiana (Lea, 1856) = Indonaia shurtleffiana
+ Indonaia khadakvaslaensis Ray, 1966

Indonaia (caerulea-group) subclathrata (Martens, 1899) = Indonaia subclathrata

Indonaia (caerulea-group) theobaldi (Preston, 1912) = Indonaia theobaldi

Indonaia (cylindrica-group) cylindrica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) = Indonaia cylindrica

Indonaia (cylindrica-group) gratiosa (Philippi, 1843) = Indonaia corbis
+ Unio corbis Hanley, 1856
+ Unio occatus Lea, 1860
+ Unio siliguriensis Preston, 1908
+ Unio macilentus Benson, 1862

Indonaia (cylindrica-group) gratiosa (Philippi, 1843) = Indonaia gratiosa

Indonaia (involuta-group) involuta (Hanley, 1856) = Assamnaia involuta

Indonaia (involuta-group) olivaria (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia olivaria

Lamellidens carteri (Hislop, 1860)

Lamellidens deccanensis (J. Sowerby in Malcomson, 1840)

Lamellidens vredenburgi Prashad, 1921

Lamellidens (corrianus-group) corrianus (Lea, 1834) = Lamellidens corrianus
+ Unio theca Benson, 1862

Lamellidens (corrianus-group) nongyangensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis
+ Lamellidens narainporensis Preston, 1912

Lamellidens (corrianus-group) savadiensis (Nevill, 1877) = Lamellidens savadiensis
+ Lamellidens marginalis var. sawaddyensis Preston, 1912
+ Lamellidens indawgyiensis Prashad, 1930

Lamellidens (corrianus-group) unioides Nesemann & Sharma in Nesemann et al., 2007 = Lamellidens unioides

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) candaharicus (Hutton, 1849) = Lamellidens candaharicus
+ Lamellidens marginalis rhadinaeus Annandale & Prashad, 1919

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) ferrugineus (Annandale, 1918) = Lamellidens ferrugineus
+ Physunio micropteroides Annandale, 1918

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) friersoni (Simpson, 1914) = Lamellidens friersoni
+ Unio velaris Sowerby, 1868

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) generosus (Gould, 1847) = Lamellidens generosus
+ Unio consobrinus Lea, 1860
+ Lamellidens brandti Bolotov et al., 2017

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862) = Lamellidens jenkinsianus
+ Parreysia (s.s.) daccaensis Preston, 1912

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) lamellatus (Lea, 1838) = Lamellidens lamellatus

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) mainwaringi Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi
+ Lamellidens phenchooganjensis Preston, 1912

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis
+ Symphynota bilineata Lea, 1831
+ Unio layardii Lea, 1859
+ Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859
+ Unio corbeti Deschamps, 1892

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens lamellatus

Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens generosus

Leoparreysia burmana (Blanford, 1869)

Leoparreysia canefrii Vikhrev, Bolotov & Kondakov, 2017

Leoparreysia olivacea (Prashad, 1930)

Leoparreysia subcircularis (Brandt, 1974)

Leoparreysia superstes (Neumayr, 1899)

Leoparreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843)

Leoparreysia whitteni Bolotov et al., 2019

Monodontina lenyanensis Bolotov et al., 2020 = Pseudodon lenyanensis

Monodontina nicobarica (Mörch, 1872) = Pseudodon nicobaricus

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830
+ Loncosilla solenoides Rafinesque, 1831

Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)

Nyeinchanconcha nyeinchani Bolotov et al., 2020

Parreysia imbricatus (Hislop, 1860)

Parreysia malcolmsoni (Hislop, 1860)
+ Unio tumida Malcolmson, 1840

Parreysia mamillatus (Hislop, 1860)

Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugata (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio favidens Benson, 1862
+ Unio favidens var. chrysis Benson, 1862
+ Unio favidens var. deltae Benson, 1862
+ Unio favidens var. densa Benson, 1862
+ Unio favidens var. trigona Benson, 1862
+ Unio favidens var. marcens Benson, 1862
+ Unio favidens var. viridula Benson, 1862
+ Unio laevirostris Benson, 1862
+ Unio smaragdites Benson, 1862
+ Unio tripartitus Lea, 1863
+ Unio gowhattensis Theobald, 1873
+ Unio feddeni Theobald, 1873
+ Parreysia (Parreysia) annandalei Preston, 1912
+ Parreysia favidens var. assamensis Preston, 1912
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Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugata (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia smaragdites

Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugata (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia (corrugata-group) nagpoorensis (Lea, 1860) = Parreysia nagpoorensis
+ Unio merodabensis Küster, 1861
+ Unio triembolus Benson, 1862
+ Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863
+ Unio pinax Benson, 1862

Parreysia (corrugata-group) plagiosoma (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia plagiosoma
+ Unio tennentii Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Parreysia (corrugata-group) rakhinensis Bolotov et al., 2020 = Parreysia rakhinensis

Parreysia (keralaensis-group) keralaensis Bolotov, Pasupuleti & Subba Rao sp. nov. = Parreysia keralaensis

Parreysia (rajahensis-group) rajahensis (Lea, 1841) = Parreysia rajahensis
+ Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866

Pseudodon kayinensis Bolotov et al., 2020 = Indopseudodon kayinensis

Pseudomulleria dalyi (Smith, 1898)

Radiatula chaudhurii (Preston, 1912)

Radiatula chindwinensis Bolotov et al., 2019

Radiatula crispisulcatus (Benson, 1862) = Radiatula crispisulcata

Radiatula mouhoti Vikhrev, Bolotov & Konopleva, 2017

Radiatula myitkyinae (Prashad, 1930)

Radiatula myitthanensis Bolotov et al., 2019

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)

Sundadontina tanintharyiensis Bolotov et al., 2020

Trapezidens angustior (Hanley & Theobald, 1876)

Trapezidens dolichorhynchus (Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)

Trapezidens scutum (Sowerby, 1868)

Trapezidens yeti Konopleva et al., 2020

Unionetta fabagina (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874)