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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Balwantia

species Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Solenaia soleniformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Balwantia soleniformis — Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Range

Northeastern India and Myanmar.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

India

unknown

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

India

DLS-DU BS-BDH-1 (BS-BDH-1 ). (16S, COI) India: shoreline sandstone outcrop, Burhidihing River, Dibrugarh, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (27.27928543, 94.799468994)

DLS-DU BS-BDH-2 (BS-BDH-2 ). (16S, COI) India: shoreline sandstone outcrop, Burhidihing River, Dibrugarh, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (27.27928543, 94.799468994)

DLS-DU BS-BDH-3 (BS-BDH-3 ). (16S) India: shoreline sandstone outcrop, Burhidihing River, Dibrugarh, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (27.27928543, 94.799468994)

DLS-DU BS-BDH-4 (BS-BDH-4 ). (28S, COI) India: shoreline sandstone outcrop, Burhidihing River, Dibrugarh, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (27.27928543, 94.799468994)

DLS-DU BS-BDH-5 (BS-BDH-5 ). (28S, COI) India: shoreline sandstone outcrop, Burhidihing River, Dibrugarh, Assam, Brahmaputra River drainage (27.27928543, 94.799468994)