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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 mainwaringi Preston, 1912: specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lamellidens mainwaringi — Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens phenchooganjensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) mainwaringi — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Range

Endemic to the Ganga River system, India, Nepal, and Myanmar.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Bangladesh

India

Sri Lanka

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

India

Mp_3761_RNBI19. (COI: JQ861227, go to Genbank) India: Karli River, 16.016°N, 73.695°E, Western Ghats, Maharashtra.

Mp_3764_RNBI21. (COI: JQ861228, go to Genbank) ditto.

Myanmar

RMBH_biv_153. (16S: KX230558, 28S: KX230569, COI: KX230547, go to Genbank) Myanmar: Kaladan River basin, unnamed puddle.