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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Lamellidens

species Lamellidens jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lamellidens jenkinsianus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Gittenberger et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens jenkinsianus jenkinsianus — Nesemann et al. (2007)
Lamellidens jenkinsianus sub sp. daccaensis — Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Lamellidens jenkinsianus daccaensis — Nesemann et al. (2007), IUCN (2011)
Parreysia daccaensis — Bogan (2010)
Lamellidens cf. jenkinsianus — Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) jenkinsianus — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Range

Widespread in northeastern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Bangladesh

India

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

India

NBFGR_LMN34. (COI: GQ149473, go to Genbank) India: 29.37°N, 78.20°E, Ganges River basin, Uttar Pradesh.

FBRC_ZSI_INV_4037 (L5-NKM-1 ). (16S: OR166526, COI: OR398694, go to Genbank) India: a pond, Sutar Gaon, Kamrup (Rural) District, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (26.45718193054, 91.7352294921).

FBRC_ZSI_INV_4037 (LJ-NKM-2 ). (16S: OR166530, go to Genbank) ditto.

FBRC_ZSI_INV_4038 (L4-NKM-1 ). (16S: OR166525, 28S: OR398695, COI: OR398693, go to Genbank) ditto.

CIFEFGB_LM1. (mtGenome: MT230549, go to Genbank) India: Damring River, approx. 25.5°N, 90.5°E, Garro Hills, Meghalaya.

NBFGR_LMK14. (COI: GQ149468, go to Genbank) India: Dolwahal Right Canal, 18.46°N, 73.20°E, Ambā River basin, Maharashtra.

NBFGR_LMK15. (COI: GQ149469, go to Genbank) ditto.

NBFGR_LMK25. (COI: GQ149470, go to Genbank) ditto.

FBRC_ZSI_1138 (RLd3). (COI: KT869146, go to Genbank) India: Godavari River, 20.04°N, 73.68°E, Nashik, Maharashtra.

FBRC_ZSI_1138 (RLd1). (COI: KP268835, go to Genbank) India: Krishna River, 16.36°N, 79.17°E, Nagarjuna Sagar, Telangana.

FBRC_ZSI_1138 (RLd2). (COI: KP268836, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3761_SBM8. (COI: KF690117, go to Genbank) India: Maharashtra.

Mp_3764_SBM10. (COI: KF690113, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_SBM17. (COI: KF690112, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_SBM28. (COI: KF690116, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_SBM4. (COI: KF690114, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_SBM5. (COI: KF690115, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4369_SBM20. (COI: KF690106, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4239_Moll749. (COI: MH822500, go to Genbank) India: Panchaganga River, 16.681°N, 74.395°E, Krishna River basin, Maharashtra.

FBRC_ZSI_INV1945. (COI: MN197475, go to Genbank) India: Thatipudi Reservoir, 18.1780°N, 83.2019°E, Gosthani River basin, Andhra Pradesh.

FBRC_ZSI_INV1945i. (COI: MN197476, go to Genbank) ditto.