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Mon 13 Mar 2023

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

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East Asia

East Asian SubregionsThe East Asia Region extends from the Amur River in Russia south through Japan, Korea, China, Indochina and Indonesia, and west to include India. A total of 330 species (80 genera) are known from the region in three families: Unionidae, Margaritiferidae and Etheriidae. The East Asia Region ranks second in species richness after Nearctica.

The East Region is subdivided into seven subregions, each with a characteristic freshwater mussel assemblage. The low-richness basins north of the Amur draining into the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk comprise Beringia (AS1; 3 gen, 3 spp.). The Amur-Korea Subregion (AS2; 17 gen, 29 spp. ) includes the Amur Basin and rivers draining to the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, as far south as the Liao He Basin. Japan, Sakhalin Island, and the Kuril Islands are group as the Japan-Sakhalin Subregion (AS3; 14 gen, 28 spp.). The Yangtze-Huang Subregion (AS4; 26 gen, 80 spp.) covers the basins from the Pei River south through the Qiantang, as well as Taiwan. The area from southern China to the western Thailand, including the Mekong, is the Indochina Subregion (AS5; 40 gen, 132 spp.). The larger islands of Indonesia and the Philippines we group as the Sunda-Philippines Subregion (AS6; 16 gen, 27 spp.).The India-Myanmar Subregion (AS7; 17 gen, 78 spp.) extends from the Salween River in the east to the Indus on its western frontier. New Guinea is part of the Australasian Region, and Sulawesi does not seem to have any freshwater mussels.

Endemic species are marked with an asterisk (*).

Beringia Subregion (AS1)
  1. Beringiana beringiana
  2. Margaritifera middendorffi
  1. Nodularia douglasiae
Amur-Korea Subregion (AS2)
  1. Aculamprotula coreana*
  2. Amuranodonta kijaensis*
  3. Anemina arcaeformis
  4. Anemina euscaphys
  5. Beringiana beringiana
  6. Buldowskia flavotincta*
  7. Buldowskia iwakawai
  8. Buldowskia shadini*
  9. Buldowskia suifunica*
  10. Cristaria beirensis*
  11. Cristaria plicata
  12. Inversidens pantoensis
  13. Inversiunio verrucosus*
  14. Koreosolenaia sitgyensis*
  15. Lamprotula leaii
  1. Lamprotula seomjinensis*
  2. Lanceolaria acrorrhyncha*
  3. Lanceolaria cylindrica*
  4. Lanceolaria grayii
  5. Margaritifera dahurica*
  6. Middendorffinaia mongolica*
  7. Nodularia breviconcha*
  8. Nodularia douglasiae
  9. Parvasolenaia triangularis
  10. Sinanodonta lauta
  11. Sinanodonta schrenkii*
  12. Sinanodonta woodiana
  13. Unio pictorum
  14. Unio tumidus
Japan-Sakhalin Subregion (AS3)
  1. Anemina arcaeformis
  2. Beringiana beringiana
  3. Beringiana fukuharai*
  4. Beringiana gosannensis*
  5. Beringiana japonica*
  6. Buldowskia iwakawai
  7. Buldowskia kamiyai*
  8. Cristaria clessini*
  9. Cristaria plicata
  10. Inversidens brandtii*
  11. Inversiunio jokohamensis*
  12. Inversiunio reinianus*
  13. Inversiunio yanagawensis*
  14. Lanceolaria kihirai*
  1. Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha*
  2. Margaritifera laevis*
  3. Margaritifera middendorffi
  4. Nodularia douglasiae
  5. Nodularia nipponensis*
  6. Obovalis omiensis*
  7. Pletholophus reinianus*
  8. Pronodularia japanensis*
  9. Sinanodonta calipygos*
  10. Sinanodonta lauta
  11. Sinanodonta tumens*
  12. Sinanodonta woodiana
  13. Sinohyriopsis cumingii
  14. Sinohyriopsis schlegelii*
Yangtze-Huang Subregion (AS4)
  1. Aculamprotula fibrosa*
  2. Aculamprotula grandidens*
  3. Aculamprotula nodulosa
  4. Aculamprotula polysticta*
  5. Aculamprotula scripta*
  6. Aculamprotula tientsinensis*
  7. Aculamprotula tortuosa*
  8. Aculamprotula zonata*
  9. Acuticosta chinensis*
  10. Acuticosta ovata*
  11. Acuticosta retiaria*
  12. Acuticosta sichuanica*
  13. Acuticosta trisulcata*
  14. Amblema plicata
  15. Anemina arcaeformis
  16. Anemina euscaphys
  17. Anemina fluminea*
  18. Anemina globosula*
  19. Cristaria plicata
  20. Cristaria radiata*
  21. Cuneopsis celtiformis*
  22. Cuneopsis heudei*
  23. Cuneopsis kiangsiensis*
  24. Cuneopsis rufescens*
  25. Diaurora aurorea*
  26. Gibbosula confragosa*
  27. Gibbosula rochechouartii*
  28. Inversidens pantoensis
  29. Inversidens rentianensis*
  30. Lamprotula bazini
  31. Lamprotula caveata
  32. Lamprotula chiai*
  33. Lamprotula cornuumlunae*
  34. Lamprotula divergens*
  35. Lamprotula elongata*
  36. Lamprotula kouangensis*
  37. Lamprotula leaii
  38. Lamprotula linae*
  39. Lamprotula microsticta*
  40. Lamprotula paschalis*
  1. Lamprotula triclava*
  2. Lanceolaria eucylindrica*
  3. Lanceolaria gladiola
  4. Lanceolaria grayii
  5. Lanceolaria lanceolata*
  6. Lanceolaria triformis*
  7. Lanceolaria yueyingae*
  8. Lepidodesma aligera*
  9. Lepidodesma languilati*
  10. Nodularia douglasiae
  11. Nodularia persculpta*
  12. Parvasolenaia neotriangularis*
  13. Parvasolenaia rivularis*
  14. Parvasolenaia triangularis
  15. Pletholophus tenuis
  16. Potamilus alatus
  17. Pseudobaphia biesiana*
  18. Pseudobaphia liuovata
  19. Pseudocuneopsis capitata*
  20. Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis*
  21. Pseudodon aureus*
  22. Pseudodon nankingensis*
  23. Pseudodon pinchonianus*
  24. Pseudodon secundus*
  25. Ptychorhynchus murinum*
  26. Ptychorhynchus pfisteri
  27. Ptychorhynchus schomburgianum
  28. Reginaia ebenus
  29. Schistodesmus lampreyanus*
  30. Schistodesmus spinosus*
  31. Sinanodonta angula*
  32. Sinanodonta elliptica
  33. Sinanodonta lucida
  34. Sinanodonta woodiana
  35. Sinohyriopsis cumingii
  36. Sinosolenaia carinata*
  37. Sinosolenaia iridinea*
  38. Sinosolenaia oleivora*
  39. Sinosolenaia recognita
  40. Tchangsinaia piscicula*
Indochina Subregion (AS5)
  1. Aculamprotula nodulosa
  2. Bineurus anodontinum*
  3. Bineurus exilis*
  4. Bineurus loeiensis*
  5. Bineurus mouhotii*
  6. Chamberlainia duclerci*
  7. Chamberlainia hainesiana*
  8. Cristaria bellua*
  9. Cristaria plicata
  10. Cristaria truncata*
  11. Cuneopsis demangei*
  12. Ensidens dugasti*
  13. Ensidens ingallsianus*
  14. Ensidens jaculus*
  15. Ensidens sagittarius*
  16. Ensidens spiculus*
  17. Ensidens telus*
  18. Gibbosula crassa*
  19. Gibbosula laosensis*
  20. Harmandia somboriensis*
  21. Hyriopsis bialata*
  22. Hyriopsis delaportei*
  23. Hyriopsis desowitzi*
  24. Hyriopsis khoratensis*
  25. Hyriopsis kratiensis*
  26. Hyriopsis myersiana*
  27. Hyriopsis panhai*
  28. Hyriopsis phuphaniensis*
  29. Hyriopsis sakhonensis*
  30. Indonaia gratiosa*
  31. Indonaia substriata*
  32. Lamprotula bazini
  33. Lamprotula blaisei*
  34. Lamprotula caveata
  35. Lamprotula leaii
  36. Lamprotula nanningensis*
  37. Lamprotula plumbea*
  38. Lamprotula salaputium*
  39. Lanceolaria bilirata*
  40. Lanceolaria fruhstorferi*
  41. Lanceolaria gladiola
  42. Lanceolaria grayii
  43. Lanceolaria laevis*
  44. Lens comptus*
  45. Lens contradens
  46. Lens eximius*
  47. Lens fultoni*
  48. Lens inornatus*
  49. Lens maenamensis*
  50. Lens micropterus*
  51. Lens misellus*
  52. Lens novoselovi*
  53. Lens pallegoixi*
  54. Lens rolfbrandti*
  55. Leoparreysia subcircularis*
  56. Modellnaia siamensis*
  57. Monodontina cambodjensis*
  58. Monodontina mekongi*
  59. Monodontina vondembuschiana
  60. Namkongnaia inkhavilayi*
  61. Namkongnaia lemeslei*
  62. Nodularia diespiter*
  63. Nodularia dorri*
  64. Nodularia douglasiae
  65. Nodularia gladiator*
  66. Nodularia jourdyi*
  1. Nodularia micheloti*
  2. Nodularia nuxpersicae*
  3. Nyeinchanconcha nyeinchani*
  4. Physunio massini*
  5. Physunio modelli*
  6. Physunio pellucidus*
  7. Physunio superbus
  8. Pilsbryoconcha acuta*
  9. Pilsbryoconcha carinifera*
  10. Pilsbryoconcha exilis
  11. Pilsbryoconcha hoikaab*
  12. Pilsbryoconcha kittitati*
  13. Pilsbryoconcha linguaeformis*
  14. Pilsbryoconcha mekongiana*
  15. Pilsbryoconcha schomburgki*
  16. Pletholophus tenuis
  17. Postolata guangxiensis*
  18. Protunio messageri*
  19. Pseudobaphia banggiangensis*
  20. Pseudobaphia liuovata
  21. Pseudodon inoscularis
  22. Pseudodon resupinatus*
  23. Ptychorhynchus denserugatum*
  24. Ptychorhynchus pfisteri
  25. Ptychorhynchus schoedei*
  26. Ptychorhynchus schomburgianum
  27. Rectidens sumatrensis
  28. Rhombuniopsis fultoni*
  29. Rhombuniopsis superstes*
  30. Rhombuniopsis tauriformis*
  31. Scabiellus songkramensis*
  32. Scabies anceps*
  33. Scabies crispata
  34. Scabies humilis*
  35. Scabies mandarinus*
  36. Scabies nucleus*
  37. Scabies phaselus*
  38. Scabies pilata*
  39. Scabies scobinatus*
  40. Sinanodonta elliptica
  41. Sinanodonta jourdyi*
  42. Sinanodonta lucida
  43. Sinanodonta woodiana
  44. Sinohyriopsis cumingii
  45. Sinohyriopsis goliath*
  46. Sinosolenaia recognita
  47. Solenaia emarginata*
  48. Songkhlanaia tamodienica*
  49. Sundadontina brandti*
  50. Sundadontina cumingii*
  51. Sundadontina harmandi*
  52. Sundadontina mabilli*
  53. Sundadontina moreleti*
  54. Sundadontina plugpomenica*
  55. Sundadontina ponderosa*
  56. Sundadontina sulcata*
  57. Sundadontina taskaevi*
  58. Sundadontina tumida*
  59. Thaiconcha callifera*
  60. Thaiconcha munelliptica*
  61. Thaiconcha ovalis*
  62. Thaiconcha thaiensis*
  63. Trapezoideus foliaceus*
  64. Trapezoideus subviridis*
  65. Trapezoideus thachiadensis*
  66. Unionetta fabagina*
Sunda-Philippines Subregion (AS6)
  1. Caudiculatus caudiculatus*
  2. Ctenodesma borneensis*
  3. Ctenodesma scheibeneri*
  4. Discomya radulosa*
  5. Elongaria orientalis*
  6. Elongaria trompi*
  7. Hyriopsis velthuizeni*
  8. Khairuloconcha lunbawangorum*
  9. Khairuloconcha sahanae*
  10. Lens contradens
  11. Lens lugens*
  12. Lens semmelinki*
  13. Monodontina aeneola*
  14. Monodontina vondembuschiana
  1. Monodontina walpolei*
  2. Physunio superbus
  3. Pilsbryoconcha exilis
  4. Pilsbryoconcha expressa*
  5. Pressidens exanthematicus*
  6. Prohyriopsis stolata*
  7. Rectidens sumatrensis
  8. Schepmania nieuwenhuisi*
  9. Schepmania parcesculpta*
  10. Simpsonella burroughiana*
  11. Simpsonella gracilis*
  12. Sinanodonta lauta
  13. Sinanodonta woodiana
India-Myanmar Subregion (AS7)
  1. Arcidopsis footei*
  2. Balwantia soleniformis*
  3. Indochinella pugio*
  4. Indonaia andersoniana*
  5. Indonaia bonneaudii*
  6. Indonaia caerulea*
  7. Indonaia cylindrica*
  8. Indonaia involuta*
  9. Indonaia olivaria*
  10. Indonaia rugosa*
  11. Indonaia shurtleffiana*
  12. Indonaia subclathrata*
  13. Indonaia theobaldi*
  14. Lamellidens candaharicus*
  15. Lamellidens chindwinensis*
  16. Lamellidens corrianus*
  17. Lamellidens ferrugineus*
  18. Lamellidens friersoni*
  19. Lamellidens generosus*
  20. Lamellidens jenkinsianus*
  21. Lamellidens lamellatus*
  22. Lamellidens mainwaringi*
  23. Lamellidens marginalis*
  24. Lamellidens nongyangensis
  25. Lamellidens savadiensis*
  26. Lamellidens unioides*
  27. Leoparreysia burmana*
  28. Leoparreysia canefrii*
  29. Leoparreysia olivacea*
  30. Leoparreysia perconvexa*
  31. Leoparreysia tavoyensis*
  32. Leoparreysia vulcanus*
  33. Leoparreysia whitteni*
  34. Monodontina lenyanensis*
  35. Parreysia corrugata*
  36. Parreysia keralaensis*
  37. Parreysia nagpoorensis*
  38. Parreysia plagiosoma*
  39. Parreysia rajahensis*
  1. Parreysia rakhinensis*
  2. Pseudodon avae*
  3. Pseudodon bogani*
  4. Pseudodon crebristriatus*
  5. Pseudodon inoscularis
  6. Pseudodon kayinensis*
  7. Pseudodon manueli*
  8. Pseudodon peguensis*
  9. Pseudodon salwenianus*
  10. Pseudomulleria dalyi*
  11. Radiatula chaudhurii*
  12. Radiatula chindwinensis*
  13. Radiatula crispisulcata*
  14. Radiatula kachinensis*
  15. Radiatula mouhoti*
  16. Radiatula myitkyinae*
  17. Radiatula myitthanensis*
  18. Scabies crispata
  19. Sinanodonta woodiana
  20. Sundadontina tanintharyiensis*
  21. Trapezidens angustior*
  22. Trapezidens dolichorhynchus*
  23. Trapezidens exolescens*
  24. Trapezidens mogaungensis*
  25. Trapezidens scutum*
  26. Trapezidens yeti*
  27. Trapezoideus lenya*
  28. Trapezoideus mitanensis*
  29. Yaukthwa avaensis*
  30. Yaukthwa baniensis*
  31. Yaukthwa dalliana*
  32. Yaukthwa elongatula*
  33. Yaukthwa inlenensis*
  34. Yaukthwa nesemanni*
  35. Yaukthwa paiensis*
  36. Yaukthwa panhai*
  37. Yaukthwa peguensis*
  38. Yaukthwa rectangularis*
  39. Yaukthwa zayleymanensis*

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