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

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This page documents data for Wu 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

Wu, R., L. Liu, L. Zhang, A.E Bogan, D. Jin et al. 2025. Diversity, phylogeny and distribution of the subtribe Cristariina (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Unioninae) from China, with description of a new genus and species. Invertebrate Systematics 39(3): 1-16.

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Cladogram Figures

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Attributed Genus Names

Acudonta Wu et al., 2025
Wu, Liu & Zhang in Wu et al., 2025, Invert. Syst. 39(3): 7.

Attributed Species Names

Acudonta baitiaoensis Wu et al., 2025
Wu, Liu & Zhang in Wu et al., 2025, Invert. Syst. 39(3): 8, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SXNU_23102001, Baitiao River, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province.

Sinanodonta elliptica Wu et al., 2025
Wu et al., 2025, Invert. Syst. 39(3): Table S2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon elliptica Heude, 1878)

Taxonomic Opinions

Acudonta baitiaoensis Wu, Liu & Zhang, sp. nov.

Amuranodonta kijaensis

Anemina arcaeformis
+ Anodon fluminea Heude, 1877
+ Anodon globosula Heude, 1878
+ Anodon euscaphys Heude, 1879

Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana fukuharai

Beringiana gosannensis

Beringiana japonica

Buldowskia flavotincta

Buldowskia iwakawai

Buldowskia kamiyai

Buldowskia shadini

Buldowskia suifunica

Cristaria beirensis

Cristaria bellua

Cristaria clessini

Cristaria plicata

Cristaria radiata

Cristaria truncata

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Pletholophus guangzhouensis

Pletholophus honglinhensis

Pletholophus reinianus
+ Pletholophus tenuis Sano et al., 2017

Pletholophus tenuis
+ Pletholophus honglinhensis Bogan et al., 2023

Sinanodonta angula

Sinanodonta calipygos

Sinanodonta elliptica

Sinanodonta jourdyi

Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta lucida

Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana

Unio crassus

Unio delphinus

Cladogram Figure 2
                                   +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis      
  +--------------------------------+                              
  |                                +-- Cuneopsis_heudei           
  |                                                               
  |                                +-- Cristaria_clessini         
  |                          +-----+                              
  |                          |     +-- Cristaria_bellua           
  |                          |                                    
  |  +-----------------------+     +-- Cristaria_plicata          
  |  |                       |  +--+                              
--+  |                       |  |  +-- Cristaria_truncata         
  |  |                       +--+                                 
  |  |                          |  +-- Cristaria_radiata          
  |  |                          +--+                              
  |  |                             +-- Cristaria_beirensis        
  |  |                                                            
  |  |                          +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
  |  |     +--------------------+                                 
  |  |     |                    |  +-- Pletholophus_tenuis        
  |  |     |                    +--+                              
  +--+  +--+                       +-- Pletholophus_reinianus     
     |  |  |                                                      
     |  |  |  +----------------------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis 
     |  |  +--+                                                   
     |  |     |  +-------------------- Anemina_arcaeformis        
     |  |     +--+                                                
     |  |        |  +----------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis     
     |  |        +--+                                             
     |  |           |  +-------------- Buldowskia_suifunica       
     |  |           +--+                                          
     |  |              |  +----------- Buldowskia_shadini         
     |  |              +--+                                       
     |  |                 |  +-------- Buldowskia_flavotincta     
     +--+                 +--+                                    
        |                    |  +----- Buldowskia_kamiyai         
        |                    +--+                                 
        |                       |  +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai        
        |                       +--+                              
        |                          +-- Buldowskia                 
        |                                                         
        |                    +-------- Beringiana_gosannensis     
        |     +--------------+                                    
        |     |              |  +----- Beringiana_fukuharai       
        |     |              +--+                                 
        |     |                 |  +-- Beringiana_beringiana      
        |     |                 +--+                              
        +-----+                    +-- Beringiana_japonica        
              |                                                   
              |  +-------------------- Acudonta_baitiaoensis      
              |  |                                                
              |  |                 +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
              +--+  +--------------+                              
                 |  |              +-- Sinanodonta_angula         
                 |  |                                             
                 +--+           +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii      
                    |  +--------+                                 
                    |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_tumens         
                    |  |        +--+                              
                    +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos      
                       |                                          
                       |  +----------- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
                       +--+                                       
                          |  +-------- Sinanodonta_jourdyi        
                          +--+                                    
                             |  +----- Sinanodonta_elliptica      
                             +--+                                 
                                |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta          
                                +--+                              
                                   +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica       
Cladogram Figure 6
                          +-- Unio_crassus               
  +-----------------------+                              
  |                       +-- Unio_delphinus             
  |                                                      
  |                    +----- Cristaria_beirensis        
--+  +-----------------+                                 
  |  |                 |  +-- Cristaria_plicata          
  |  |                 +--+                              
  |  |                    +-- Cristaria_truncata         
  |  |                                                   
  +--+                 +----- Amuranodonta_kijaensis     
     |  +--------------+                                 
     |  |              |  +-- Anemina_arcaeformis        
     |  |              +--+                              
     |  |                 +-- Buldowskia_shadini         
     +--+                                                
        |                 +-- Beringiana_fukuharai       
        |  +--------------+                              
        |  |              +-- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
        +--+                                             
           |  +-------------- Acudonta_baitiaoensis      
           |  |                                          
           +--+  +----------- Sinanodonta_lucida         
              |  |                                       
              +--+        +-- Sinanodonta_schrenkii      
                 |  +-----+                              
                 |  |     +-- Sinanodonta_tumens         
                 +--+                                    
                    |  +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
                    +--+                                 
                       |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta          
                       +--+                              
                          +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica       

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