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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. (2025), 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., X. Liu, L. Zhang, G. Li & R. Wu. 2025. Revisiting the genus Nodularia (Bivalvia, Unionidae): Mitochondrial phylogenomics and the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(1): 35-44.

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Cladogram Figures

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Attributed Species Names

Nodularia guiensis Hou et al., 2025
Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025, Zoosyst. Evol. 101(1): 38, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SXNU_24090707, Sanli Town, Shanglin County, Nanning City, Guangxi Province.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cuneopsis celtiformis

Cuneopsis demangei

Cuneopsis heudei

Cuneopsis kiangsiensis

Cuneopsis rufescens

Cuneopsis szechenyii

Lepidodesma aligera

Lepidodesma languilati

Middendorffinaia mongolica

Nodularia breviconcha

Nodularia dorri

Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia dualobtusus

Nodularia fusiformans

Nodularia guiensis sp. nov.

Nodularia hanensis

Nodularia huana

Nodularia micheloti

Nodularia nipponensis

Nodularia nuxpersicae

Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis

Pseudocuneopsis wuana

Pseudocuneopsis yangshuoensis

Pseudocuneopsis yemaoi

Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Schistodesmus spinosus

Tchangsinaia piscicula

Cladogram Figure 3
              +----- Nodularia_dorri      
  +-----------+                           
  |           |  +-- Nodularia_hanensis   
  |           +--+                        
  |              +-- Nodularia_micheloti  
--+                                       
  |  +-------------- Nodularia_guiensis   
  |  |                                    
  |  |           +-- Nodularia_douglasiae 
  +--+  +--------+                        
     |  |        +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa 
     |  |                                 
     +--+        +-- Nodularia_nipponensis
        |  +-----+                        
        |  |     +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
        +--+                              
           |  +----- Nodularia_huana      
           +--+                           
              |  +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
              +--+                        
                 +-- Nodularia_fusiformans
Cladogram Figure 4
                                +-- Lepidodesma_aligera          
  +-----------------------------+                                
  |                             +-- Lepidodesma_languilati       
  |                                                              
  |  +----------------------------- 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_guiensis           
                       |  |                                      
                       +--+     +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
                          |  +--+                                
                          |  |  +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa         
                          +--+                                   
                             |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis        
                             +--+                                
                                +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae        

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