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

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Publication Dai et al. (2023): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Dai, Y., X.-C. Huang, C.-H.-Z. Wu, Z.-G. Chen, L. Guo et al. 2023. Multilocus and mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses reveal a new genus and species of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Guangxi, China. Invertebrate Systematics 37(2): 152-166. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

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

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina harlandi

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bineurus exilis

Bineurus loeiensis

Bineurus mouhotii

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Ensidens ingallsianus

Gibbosula laosensis

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)

Gonidea angulata

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900

Inversidens brandtii

Inversidens rentianensis

Koreosolenaia sitgyensis

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lanceolaria grayii (Gray, 1833) [sic]

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Leaunio lienosus (Conrad, 1834)

Leguminaia wheatleyi

Lens comptus

Lens contradens (Lea, 1838)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera margaritifera

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Monodontina cambodjensis = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monodontina lenyanensis = Pseudodon lenyanensis

Monodontina mekongi = Pseudodon mekongi

Monodontina vondembuschiana (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidge) [sic]

Nyeinchanconcha nyeinchani

Obovalis omiensis

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)

Pilsbryoconcha compressa = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Postolata guangxiensis Dai, Huang, Guo & Wu gen. nov., sp. nov.

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudocuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874)

Pseudodon avae = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon bogani = Indopseudodon bogani

Pseudodon manueli = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)

Sinosolenaia carinata (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia iridinea

Sinosolenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia recognita

Sundadontina brandti

Sundadontina tanintharyiensis

Sundadontina taskaevi

Tchangsinaia piscicula (Heude, 1874)

Thaiconcha callifera

Thaiconcha munelliptica

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

 
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