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

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

Complete Citation

Liu, L., L. Zhang, K. Hou, L. Ning & R. Wu. 2024. Addition to the known diversity of Chinese freshwater mussels: integrative description of a new species of Postolata Dai et al., 2023 (Bivalvia, Unionidae, Gonideinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(3): 769-778. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Bineurus anodontinum (Rochebrune, 1882)
+ Bineurus mouhotii Pfeiffer et al., 2019

Bineurus loeiensis Konopleva et al., 2021

Chamberlainia somsakpanhai Kongim et al., 2023

Ensidens sagittarius (Lea, 1856)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900

Hyriopsis desowitzi Brandt, 1974

Indopseudodon bogani (Bolotov et al., 2017)

Indopseudodon kayinensis (Bolotov et al., 2020)
+ Pseudodon crebristriatus Pfeiffer et al., 2019

Inversidens rentianensis Wu & Wu, 2021

Khairuloconcha lunbawangorum Zieritz et al., 2021

Khairuloconcha sahanae Zieritz et al., 2021

Koreosolenaia sitgyensis Lee et al., 2020

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula leaii (Gray, 1833)

Leguminaia anatolica Gürlek et al., 2021

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)

Lens contradens (Lea, 1838)

Lens eximius (Lea, 1856)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Obovalis omiensis (Heimburg, 1884)

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Postolata guangxiensis Dai et al., 2023

Postolata longjiangensis Liu & Wu, sp. nov.

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pseudodon mekongi (Bolotov et al., 2020)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus (Lea, 1840)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Sinosolenaia carinata (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Thaiconcha callifera (Martens, 1860)

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)

Yaukthwa elongatula Bolotov et al., 2019

Yaukthwa inlenensis Konopleva et al., 2019

Yaukthwa paiensis Konopleva et al., 2019