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

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Publication Douda et al. (2024): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Douda, K., A. Zieritz, B. Vodáková, M. Urbańska, I.N. Bolotov et al. 2024. Review of the globally invasive freshwater mussels in the genus Sinanodonta Modell, 1945. Hydrobiologia: 1-31. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Sinanodonta kyushuensis Sano & Kondo, 2025
Sano et al., 2022. MPE 175: Table S1 [as ‘Sinanodonta sp. 2].
Douda et al., 2024. Hydrobiologia: Tables 1, S2 [as ‘Sinanodonta sp. B’].
Sano & Kondo, 2025. Venus 83(1-4): 51, figs. 2G-H, 4B.

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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana japonica

Margaritifera middendorffi

Sinanodonta angula (Tchang, Li & Liu, 1965)

Sinanodonta calipygos (Kobelt, 1879)
+ Sinanodonta plana Sano & Kondo, 2025

Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878)

Sinanodonta jourdyi (Morlet, 1886)

Sinanodonta lauta (Martens, 1877)
+ Sinanodonta kyushuensis Sano & Kondo, 2025

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta pacifica (Heude, 1878)
+ Sinanodonta woodiana Ng et al., 2016
+ Anodon friniana Heude, 1878
+ Anodon fusca Heude, 1878
+ Anodon joreti Heude, 1878
+ Anodon striata Heude, 1878

Sinanodonta schrenkii (Lea, 1870)

Sinanodonta tumens (Haas, 1910)

Sinanodonta woodiana s. str. (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

 
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