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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Pletholophus

species Pletholophus reinianus (Martens, 1875): synonymy
     2 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Cristaria reiniana Martens, 1875
Martens, 1875. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 2: 136, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3667, Japan.

Cristaria (Pletholophus) reinianaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pletholophus discoideus reinianusModell (1945)
Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea reinianaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodianaHabe (1977)
Cristaria tenuisHe & Zhuang (2013)
Pletholophus reinianusLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bogan et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2025)
Pletholophus reinianaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Pletholophus tenuis Sano et al., 2017
Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: Table 2.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): Table 1.
Sano et al., 2022. MPE 175: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pletholophus reinianusWu et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Cristaria (Pletholophus) reinianaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pletholophus discoideus reinianusModell (1945)
Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea reinianaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodianaHabe (1977)
Cristaria tenuisHe & Zhuang (2013)
Pletholophus reinianusLopes-Lima et al. (2020), Bogan et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2025)
Pletholophus reinianaGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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