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

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Publication Kashiri et al. (2024): summary
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Complete Citation

Kashiri, H., A.B. Wahidi, A. Chelemal Dezful Nezhad & S. Pourebrahmi. 2024. DNA barcoding revealed the presence of the invasive freshwater mussel Sinanodonta aff. woodiana (Lea, 1834) in Afghanistan. Zoosystema 46(6): 133-147. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Sinanodonta woodiana Ng et al., 2016
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Ng et al., 2016. PLoS One 11(8), e0161130: Table S2.
Bolotov et al., 2016. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 67: 60 [as ‘lineage A’ & ‘lineage B’]. [in part]
Zieritz et al., 2016. Sci. Total Environ. 571: 1071.
Vikhrev et al., 2017. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 10: Table 1 [as ‘lineage A’ & ‘lineage B’]. [in part]
Bespalaya et al., 2018. Limnologica 69: Table 1 [as ‘lineage A’ & ‘lineage B’]. [in part]
Konečný et al., 2018. Evol. Appl. 11: Table S1 [as ‘lineage A’ & ‘lineage B’]. [in part]
Zieritz et al., 2018. Biol. Conserv. 219: 131.
Kondakov et al., 2018. Zootaxa 4462(4): 517, Table 1.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table S7 [as ‘Sinanodonta cf. woodiana 1’]. [in part]
Bauer et al., 2021. Neotrop. Natur. 5: 1, figs. 1-2.
Sano et al., 2022. MPE 175: Table S1 [as ‘S. woodiana sp. 1’]. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2022. Aquatic Conserv.: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 32(9): 1498, Table S3. [in part]
Bogan et al., 2023. Diversity 15(6), 710: Tables 1, S3 [as ‘Sinanodonta cf. woodiana 1’]. [in part]
Kashiri et al., 2024. Zoosystema 46(6): Table 1 [as ‘A’ & ‘B’].
Cummings et al., 2025. Freshw. Mussels Cent. Amer.: 121, pl. 10. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)

Sinanodonta woodiana Bolotov et al., 2016
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bolotov et al., 2016. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 67: 60, Table 1 [as ‘lineage D’]. [in part]
Vikhrev et al., 2017. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 10: 4, Table 1 [as ‘lineage D’]. [in part]
Bespalaya et al., 2018. Limnologica 69: 97, Table 1 [as ‘lineage D’]. [in part]
Konečný et al., 2018. Evol. Appl. 11: Table S1 [as ‘lineage H’]. [in part]
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S1. [in part]
Kashiri et al., 2024. Zoosystema 46(6): Table 1 [as ‘D’].
(misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina harlandi

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera laosensis (I. Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Sinanodonta aff. woodiana [lineage B] (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta aff. woodiana [lineage D] (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta aff. woodiana [lineage H] (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta cf. woodiana [lineage A] (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Sinanodonta lauta [lineage C] (E. von Martens, 1877) = Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta lucida [lineage F] (Heude, 1878) = Sinanodonta lucida

Sinanodonta schrenkii [lineage G] (I. Lea, 1870) = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta woodiana [lineage E] (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

 
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