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

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species Pseudodon vondembuschianus (Lea, 1840): synonymy
     153 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222 [60], pl. 18, fig. 39 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 73.
(correct name for Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840; renamed Monodontina buschiana Conrad, 1853)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86348, Java.

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900), Thiele (1934)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusMartens (1900), Brandt (1974), Graf (2002), Graf & Cummings (2006), Walker et al. (2006), ... Chen et al. (2025), Klymus et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Zieritz et al. (2026)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Monodontina vondembuschianaPrashad (1919), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Froufe et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), ... Dai et al. (2023), Jeratthitikul & Sutcharit (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianus [sic]Marwoto (1987)
Subba Rao (1989)
Pseudodon aff. vondembuschianus sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017)
Pseudodon aff. vondembuschianus sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017)
Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Konopleva et al. (2019), Huang et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019)
Pseudodon vondembuschianaPfeiffer et al. (2018)
Monodontina vondembuschiana vondembuschianaKonopleva et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023), Jeratthitikul et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025)
Pseudodon vond. vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2024)
Pseudodon v. vondembuschianusKonopleva et al. (2025)

Alasmodonta crispata Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 97, pl. 19, fig. 1.

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920), Haas (1969)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Monodontina vondembuschianaBolotov et al. (2020)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 96, pl. 18, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_4685, Java.

Pseudodon (s.s.) zollingeriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) zollingeriHaas (1920)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1969)
Monodontina vondembuschianaBolotov et al. (2020)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Monodontina buschiana Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 269.
(new name for Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920)
Haas (1969)
Monodontina vondembuschianaBolotov et al. (2020)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023)

Monocondyloea planulata Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 187 [as ‘Monocondylœa planulata’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 262, pl. 42, fig. 142.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86351, Java5989.

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920), Haas (1969)
Monodontina vondembuschianaBolotov et al. (2020)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Margaritana fragilis Küster, 1862
‘Mousson’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
‘Mousson’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 295, pl. 98, fig. 2.

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920), Haas (1969)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Monocondylea cambodjensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1865
Petit de la Saussaye, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 16, pl. 4, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_IM-2000-34622, Battambang, Cambodge.

Pseudodon (s.s.) cambodjensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) cambodjensisHaas (1920), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon cambodjensis cambodjensisBrandt (1974)
Pseudodon cambodjensisBogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Pfeiffer & Graf (2013), Pfeiffer & Graf (2015), Zieritz et al. (2016), ... Dai et al. (2025), Konopleva et al. (2025), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Monodontina cambodjensisBolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Ng et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Konopleva et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023)
Monodontina cambodiensis [sic]Konopleva et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2021)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Monocondylus orbicularis Morelet, 1866
Morelet, 1866. Rev. Mag. Zool. 18: 167.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 338, pl. 16, fig. 5 [as ‘Pseudodon’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1982, Battambang, Siam.

Pseudodon (sec. Suborbiculus) orbicularisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) orbicularisHaas (1920)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) cambodjensisHaas (1969)
Pseudodon cambodjensis cambodjensisBrandt (1974)
Pseudodon cambodjensisIUCN (2011), Bolotov et al. (2023), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025)
Monodontina cambodjensisBolotov et al. (2020)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Unio vonbuschea Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea MS’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 269 [as ‘Unio Von Buschea’].

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920)

Microcondylaea hageni Strubell, 1897
Strubell, 1897. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 29: 8.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3580, S. Sumatra.

Unio hageniMartens (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) hageniSimpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Bineurus) hageniHaas (1920), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon hageniBogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Monodontina vondembuschianaBolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Monocondylaea rhombica Simpson, 1900
‘Küster’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 836.
Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 295.
(error for Monocondylaea rhomboidea Küster, 1862)

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus Suvatti, 1950
Suvatti, 1950. Fauna Thailand: 109.
(misidentified reference to Monocondyloea crebristriata Anthony, 1865)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus ellipticusBrandt (1974)

Pseudodon cambodjensis Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013
‘Petit’ of Authors.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013. J. Moll. Studies 79: 251.
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): 310.
Zieritz et al., 2016. Sci. Total Environ. 571: 1071.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Razak et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 459.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Konopleva et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina cambodiensis’ (sic)].
Konopleva et al., 2021. Sci. Repts. 11: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina cambodiensis’ (sic)].
Jeratthitikul et al., 2021. Eur. J. Taxonomy 775: 123 [as ‘Monodontina cambodiensis’ (sic)].
Pfeiffer et al., 2021. Invert. Syst. 35: 453 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Wu et al., 2021. ZooKeys 1054: 87 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Konopleva et al., 2023. Diversity 15(1), 10: Table S2 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Dai et al., 2023. Invert. Syst. 37(2): Table 1 [as ‘Monodontina cambodjensis’].
Dai et al., 2024. Zoosyst. Evol. 100(4): Table 2.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1.
(reference to Monocondylea cambodjensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1865)
Type(s): SEQUENCED SPECIMEN UMMZ_304350, Pursat River, just downstream (north) of Highway 5 bridge, Pursat City, Cambodia.

Pseudodon vagulusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon cambodjensisJeratthitikul et al. (2025)

Monodontina cambodiensis Bolotov et al., 2020
‘Petit’ of Authors.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2021. Sci. Repts. 11: Table S1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2021. Eur. J. Taxonomy 775: 123.
(error for Monocondylea cambodjensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1865)

Pseudodon vagulus Bolotov et al., 2023
‘Fischer’ of Authors.
Bolotov et al., 2023. Water 15: Dataset S1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2024. Zoosyst. Evol. 100(4): Table S1.
Zieritz et al., 2024. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 201, zlae076: Table S4.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1224: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2025. Ecologica Montenegrina 88: Supplementary Dataset 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio vagulus Fischer, 1891)

Pseudodon cambodjensisJeratthitikul et al. (2025)

Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222, pl. 18, fig. 39.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 501.
(incorrect original spelling of Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Margaritana vondenbuschianade Gregorio (1914)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Alasmodonta vandembuschiana Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 97.
(error for Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusIUCN (2012)

Alasmodonta zollingeri form angulosa Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 96, pl. 18, fig. 2. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849)

Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Alasmodonta zollingeri form vulgaris Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 96, pl. 18, fig. 1. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849)

Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Monocondylaea rhomboidea Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 304, pl. 100, fig. 7.
(misidentified reference to Monocondyloea rhomboidea Lea, 1859)

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920)

Monocondylaea cambojensis Conrad, 1865
‘Petit’ Conrad, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1: 233.
(error for Monocondylea cambodjensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1865)

Pseudodon (s.s.) cambodjensisPreston (1912)

Unio lamellatus Hanley & Theobald, 1870
Hanley & Theobald, 1870. Conch. Indica (1): 5, pl. 9, fig. 6.
(misidentified reference to Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838)

Hyriopsis (s.s.) vagulusSimpson (1900)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) vagulaSimpson (1914)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) cambodjensisHaas (1920), Haas (1969)

Monocondylea cambodgensis Morlet, 1889
‘Petit’ Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165.
(error for Monocondylea cambodjensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1865)

Pseudodon cambodjensis cambodjensisBrandt (1974)

Unio trinilensis Dubois, 1908
Dubois, 1908. unknown publication: ??.

Pseudodon vondembuschianus trinilensisBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) vandervlerki Oostingh, 1935
Oostingh, 1935. unknown publication: ??.

Pseudodon vondembuschianus vandervlerkiBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2026)

Pseudodon vondembuchsiana Subba Rao, 1989
Subba Rao, 1989. Freshw. Moll. India: figs. 440-441 caption.
(error for Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianusSimpson (1900), Thiele (1934)
Pseudodon vondembuschianusMartens (1900), Brandt (1974), Graf (2002), Graf & Cummings (2006), Walker et al. (2006), ... Chen et al. (2025), Klymus et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Zieritz et al. (2026)
Pseudodon (s.s.) zollingeriSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (s.s.) cambodjensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (sec. Suborbiculus) orbicularisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) vagulusSimpson (1900)
Unio hageniMartens (1900)
Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Margaritana vondenbuschianade Gregorio (1914)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) vagulaSimpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) hageniSimpson (1914)
Monodontina vondembuschianaPrashad (1919), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Froufe et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), ... Dai et al. (2023), Jeratthitikul & Sutcharit (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianusHaas (1920), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) zollingeriHaas (1920)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) cambodjensisHaas (1920), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Monodontina) orbicularisHaas (1920)
Pseudodon (Bineurus) hageniHaas (1920), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989)
Pseudodon cambodjensis cambodjensisBrandt (1974)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus ellipticusBrandt (1974)
Pseudodon vondenbuschianus [sic]Marwoto (1987)
Pseudodon cambodjensisBogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Pfeiffer & Graf (2013), Pfeiffer & Graf (2015), Zieritz et al. (2016), ... Dai et al. (2025), Konopleva et al. (2025), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pseudodon hageniBogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Pseudodon aff. vondembuschianus sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017)
Pseudodon aff. vondembuschianus sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017)
Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Konopleva et al. (2019), Huang et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019)
Monodontina cambodjensisBolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Ng et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Konopleva et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianaPfeiffer et al. (2018)
Monodontina cambodiensis [sic]Konopleva et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2021)
Monodontina vondembuschiana vondembuschianaKonopleva et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vondembuschianusBolotov et al. (2023), Jeratthitikul et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus trinilensisBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vondembuschianus vandervlerkiBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vagulusBolotov et al. (2023)
Pseudodon vond. vondembuschianusZieritz et al. (2024)
Pseudodon v. vondembuschianusKonopleva et al. (2025)

 
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