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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Hou et al. (2024), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Hou, K., L. Zhang, L. Liu, X. Liu, J. Jia & R. Wu. 2024. Reappraising the species validity of Cuneopsis szechenyii comb. nov. (Neumayr, 1899) and revising the taxonomy of Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851). Invertebrate Systematics 38, IS24071: 1-14.

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Cladogram Figures

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Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula coreana

Aculamprotula polysticta

Aculamprotula scripta

Aculamprotula tientsinensis

Aculamprotula tortuosa

Alasmidonta varicosa

Anemina arcaeformis

Anemina euscaphys

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta exulcerata

Anodonta nuttalliana

Beringiana fukuharai

Cristaria plicata

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis demangei Haas, 1929

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)
+ Cuneopsis heudei Lopes-Lima et al., 2017

Cuneopsis kiangsiensis Tchang & Li, 1965

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis szechenyii comb. nov.

Lamprotula caveata

Lamprotula leaii

Lampsilis cardium

Lanceolaria gladiola

Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria lanceolata

Lasmigona complanata

Lepidodesma aligera

Lepidodesma languilati

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera margaritifera

Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851)

Nodularia breviconcha

Nodularia dorri

Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia dualobtusa

Nodularia fusiformans

Nodularia hanensis

Nodularia huana

Nodularia micheloti

Nodularia nipponensis

Nodularia nuxpersicae

Platynaias compressa

Prolasmidonta heterodon

Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis

Pseudocuneopsis wuana Liu & Wu, 2023

Pseudocuneopsis yangshuoensis

Pseudocuneopsis yemaoi

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Schistodesmus spinosus

Sinanodonta lucida

Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana

Tchangsinaia piscicula

Unio bruguierianus

Unio carneus

Unio crassus

Unio damascensis

Unio delphinus

Unio desectus

Unio elongatulus

Unio gibbus

Unio gontierii

Unio ionicus

Unio mancus

Unio mardinensis

Unio nanus

Unio pictorum

Unio sesirmensis

Unio terminalis

Unio tumidiformis

Unio tumidus

Unio vicarius

Utterbackia imbecillis

Utterbackia peninsularis

Cladogram Figure 1
                    +-- Lamprotula_caveata           
  +-----------------+                                
  |                 +-- Lamprotula_leaii             
  |                                                  
  |        +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
  |        |                                         
--+  +-----+        +-- Cuneopsis_kiangsiensis       
  |  |     |  +-----+                                
  |  |     |  |     +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
  |  |     +--+                                      
  |  |        |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii         
  |  |        +--+                                   
  +--+           |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
     |           +--+                                
     |              +-- Cuneopsis_demangei           
     |                                               
     |  +-------------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
     |  |                                            
     +--+  +----------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica   
        |  |                                         
        +--+  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
           |  |                                      
           +--+     +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
              |  +--+                                
              |  |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
              +--+                                   
                 |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_wuana        
                 +--+                                
                    +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
Cladogram Figure 4
                                                  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica       
  +-----------------------------------------------+                                
  |                                               +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera  
  |                                                                                
  |                                               +-- Lampsilis_cardium            
  |  +--------------------------------------------+                                
  |  |                                            +-- Quadrula_quadrula            
  |  |                                                                             
--+  |                                            +-- Lepidodesma_aligera          
  |  |  +-----------------------------------------+                                
  |  |  |                                         +-- Lepidodesma_languilati       
  |  |  |                                                                          
  |  |  |                                      +----- Lanceolaria_gladiola         
  |  |  |                    +-----------------+                                   
  |  |  |                    |                 |  +-- Lanceolaria_grayii           
  |  |  |                    |                 +--+                                
  +--+  |                    |                    +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata       
     |  |                    |                                                     
     |  |                    |        +-------------- Cristaria_plicata            
     |  |                    |        |                                            
     |  |                    |  +-----+           +-- Anemina_arcaeformis          
     |  |  +-----------------+  |     |  +--------+                                
     |  |  |                 |  |     |  |        +-- Anemina_euscaphys            
     |  |  |                 |  |     +--+                                         
     |  |  |                 |  |        |  +-------- Beringiana_fukuharai         
     |  |  |                 |  |        +--+                                      
     |  |  |                 |  |           |  +----- Sinanodonta_lucida           
     |  |  |                 |  |           +--+                                   
     +--+  |                 |  |              |  +-- Sinanodonta_tumens           
        |  |                 +--+              +--+                                
        |  |                    |                 +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana         
        |  |                    |                                                  
        |  |                    |           +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata     
        |  |                    |  +--------+                                      
        |  |                    |  |        |  +----- Anodonta_anatina             
        |  |                    |  |        +--+                                   
        |  |                    |  |           |  +-- Anodonta_cygnea              
        |  |                    |  |           +--+                                
        |  |                    +--+              +-- Anodonta_exulcerata          
        |  |                       |                                               
        |  |                       |  +-------------- Anodonta_nuttalliana         
        |  |                       |  |                                            
        |  |                       |  |        +----- Pyganodon_grandis            
        |  |                       +--+  +-----+                                   
        |  |                          |  |     |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis       
        |  |                          |  |     +--+                                
        |  |                          +--+        +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis     
        +--+                             |                                         
           |                             |  +-------- Lasmigona_complanata         
           |                             +--+                                      
           |                                |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon      
           |                                +--+                                   
           |                                   |  +-- Alasmidonta_varicosa         
           |                                   +--+                                
           |                                      +-- Platynaias_compressa         
           |                                                                       
           |                                +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa       
           |                                |                                      
           |  +-----------------------------+     +-- Aculamprotula_coreana        
           |  |                             |  +--+                                
           |  |                             |  |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis  
           |  |                             +--+                                   
           |  |                                |  +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta     
           |  |                                +--+                                
           |  |                                   +-- Aculamprotula_scripta        
           |  |                                                                    
           |  |                                   +-- Unio_gibbus                  
           |  |     +-----------------------------+                                
           |  |     |                             +-- Unio_tumidus                 
           |  |     |                                                              
           |  |     |                    +----------- Unio_terminalis              
           |  |  +--+  +-----------------+                                         
           |  |  |  |  |                 |  +-------- Unio_elongatulus             
           |  |  |  |  |                 +--+                                      
           +--+  |  |  |                    |  +----- Unio_pictorum                
              |  |  |  |                    +--+                                   
              |  |  +--+                       |  +-- Unio_delphinus               
              |  |     |                       +--+                                
              |  |     |                          +-- Unio_mancus                  
              |  |     |                                                           
              |  |     |  +-------------------------- Unio_tumidiformis            
              |  |     |  |                                                        
              |  |     +--+  +----------------------- Unio_desectus                
              |  |        |  |                                                     
              |  |        +--+  +-------------------- Unio_sesirmensis             
              |  |           |  |                                                  
              |  |           +--+  +----------------- Unio_ionicus                 
              |  |              |  |                                               
              |  |              +--+  +-------------- Unio_damascensis             
              |  |                 |  |                                            
              |  |                 |  |           +-- Unio_crassus                 
              +--+                 +--+  +--------+                                
                 |                    |  |        +-- Unio_gontierii               
                 |                    |  |                                         
                 |                    +--+        +-- Unio_bruguierianus           
                 |                       |  +-----+                                
                 |                       |  |     +-- Unio_mardinensis             
                 |                       +--+                                      
                 |                          |  +----- Unio_vicarius                
                 |                          +--+                                   
                 |                             |  +-- Unio_carneus                 
                 |                             +--+                                
                 |                                +-- Unio_nanus                   
                 |                                                                 
                 |        +-------------------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica   
                 |        |                                                        
                 |        |                 +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
                 |        |                 |                                      
                 |        |  +--------------+     +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
                 |        |  |              |  +--+                                
                 |        |  |              |  |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
                 +--------+  |              +--+                                   
                          |  |                 |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_wuana        
                          |  |                 +--+                                
                          |  |                    +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
                          |  |                                                     
                          |  |                    +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus    
                          |  |     +--------------+                                
                          +--+     |              +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus       
                             |  +--+                                               
                             |  |  |  +-------------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
                             |  |  |  |                                            
                             |  |  +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
                             |  |     |  |                                         
                             |  |     +--+        +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
                             |  |        |  +-----+                                
                             |  |        |  |     +-- Cuneopsis_kiangsiensis       
                             |  |        +--+                                      
                             +--+           |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii         
                                |           +--+                                   
                                |              |  +-- Cuneopsis_demangei           
                                |              +--+                                
                                |                 +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
                                |                                                  
                                |              +----- Nodularia_dorri              
                                |  +-----------+                                   
                                |  |           |  +-- Nodularia_hanensis           
                                |  |           +--+                                
                                +--+              +-- Nodularia_micheloti          
                                   |                                               
                                   |  +-------------- Nodularia_breviconcha        
                                   |  |                                            
                                   +--+  +----------- Nodularia_huana              
                                      |  |                                         
                                      +--+  +-------- Nodularia_fusiformans        
                                         |  |                                      
                                         +--+     +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
                                            |  +--+                                
                                            |  |  +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa         
                                            +--+                                   
                                               |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis        
                                               +--+                                
                                                  +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae        

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