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

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species Sinanodonta calipygos (Kobelt, 1879): synonymy
     8 specimens + 26 Genbank vouchers

Anodonta calipygos Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 435, pl. 19, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3678, Japan.

Anodonta calipygosSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Slugina (2006), Kondo (2008)
Sinanodonta woodiana calipygosModell (1945)
Anodonta (s.s.) woodiana japonicaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Sinanodonta) calipygosHabe (1977), Habe (1991)
Sinanodonta calipygosSayenko et al. (2005), Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Mabuchi & Nishida (2020), ... Wu et al. (2025), Sano & Kondo (2025), Dai et al. (2026), Chen et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Sinanodonta woodianaIUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sinanodonta plana Sano & Kondo, 2025
Sano et al., 2022. MPE 175: Table S1 [as ‘Sinanodonta sp. 1].
Douda et al., 2024. Hydrobiologia: Tables 1, S2 [as ‘Sinanodonta sp. A’].
Sano & Kondo, 2025. Venus 83(1-4): 50, figs. 2B, 4A.

Sinanodonta calipygosDouda et al. (2024)
Sinanodonta planaSano & Kondo (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Anodonta calypigos Vinarski & Kantor, 2016
‘Kobelt’ Vinarski & Kantor, 2016. Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 54.
(error for Anodonta calipygos Kobelt, 1879)

Sinanodonta elliptica Wu et al., 2025
Wu et al., 2025. Invert. Syst. 39(3), IS24099: Table S2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon elliptica Heude, 1878)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta calipygosSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Slugina (2006), Kondo (2008)
Sinanodonta woodiana calipygosModell (1945)
Anodonta (s.s.) woodiana japonicaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Sinanodonta) calipygosHabe (1977), Habe (1991)
Sinanodonta calipygosSayenko et al. (2005), Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Mabuchi & Nishida (2020), ... Wu et al. (2025), Sano & Kondo (2025), Dai et al. (2026), Chen et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Sinanodonta woodianaIUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sinanodonta planaSano & Kondo (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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