MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Sinohyriopsis schlegelii specimens

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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861): specimens
1 nominal species

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Hyriopsis schlegelii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf (2007), Bogan (2010), Plazzi et al. (2011), ..., Wang et al. (2018), Fukata & Iigo (2020), Chen et al. (2020), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022)
Hyriopsis schlegeli — Zhou et al. (2007), Kondo (2008), Shirai et al. (2010), Wei et al. (2016), Sano et al. (2017), Mabuchi & Nishida (2020)
Sinohyriopsis schlegelii — Fonseca et al. (2016), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Cha et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2018), ..., Zhang et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Sinohyriopsis schlegeli — Zieritz et al. (2018), Sano et al. (2020)

Range: Lake Biwa, Japan. Introduced to Lake Kasumigaura.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Japan
MCZ_293521 Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, Honshu, Japan	ANSP_244860 Lake Biwa, Honshu, Japan	USNM_1093091 Shiga, Japan
BMNH_85-12-10-1 Lake Biwa, Japan	USNM_127248 Japan	UMMZ_162798 Lake Biwa, Tozando [Eastern Mountain region], Japan
ANSP_320812 Beach at Katada Machi on Lake Biwa, Shiga Ken, Honshu, Japan	SMF_319634 Japan, Lake Biwa	UMMZ_50253 channel connecting with Tone-gawa, Sasakawa, Chibaken, Japan
UMMZ_169795 Lake Biwa, Japan	MCZ_MP_319 Katada, Biwa-ko, Shiga Pref.	MCZ_293512 Hikone, Lake Biwa, Honshue, Japan
MCZ_193339 Lake Biwa, Japan	UMMZ_220235 Lake Biwa, Katada Machi, Shiga Ken, Honshu, Japan	MNHN_MP_3944 Lac Biwaco, Province Omi
BMNH_1907-12-21-123 Japan	MCZ_44634 Yamashiro, Japan	ANSP_48416 Ogura, Japan
SMF_14718 Biwa-See [auf Honshū], Japan [Japan Kinki: Shiga]	SMF_14719 Biwa-See [auf Honshū], Japan [Japan Kinki: Shiga]	SMF_194015 Lake Biwa Shiga-Pref [Japan]
ANSP_80696 Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan	MCZ_151629 Biwa Lake, Tozando [Eastern Mountain region], Japan	FMNH_70954 Lake Biwa, Tozando [Eastern Mountain region], Japan
FMNH_21770 Oguraike, Yamashimo, Japan
unknown
ANSP_143051 [no locality available - Asia]

Genbank Vouchers

China

Mp_2658_Hschlegelii (16S) Hongmen Lake, Jiangxi [China]

Japan

Mp_4138_Hs21-02f (COI, 16S, 28S) Lake Anenuma, Aomori, Japan

Mp_4138_Hs21-05f (COI, 16S, 28S) Lake Anenuma, Aomori, Japan

Mp_3353_Hs07-16 (COI, COII) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1085, 136.0693)

Mp_3353_Hs07-01 (COI, COII) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1085, 136.0693)

Mp_3353_Hs07-04 (COI, COII) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1085, 136.0693)

Mp_3353_Hs07-07 (COI, COII) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1085, 136.0693)

CIIMAR_BIV2676 (COI, 28S) Anenuma Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.7079, 141.3325)

Mp_3353_Hs21-02 (COI, COII) Anenuma Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.7079, 141.3325)

Mp_3353_Hs21-01 (COI, COII) Anenuma Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.7079, 141.3325)

CIIMAR_BIV2675 (COI) Anenuma Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.7079, 141.3325)

Hs08-01 (COI)

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