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Page last updated
Mon 28 Jul 2025

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!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

The MUSSEL Project Database is moving to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page will be: https://musselpdb.org/fmuotwaolcb/db.php?ty=validgen&id=335

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina

genus Pletholophus Simpson, 1900: valid species
     2 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Pletholophus guangzhouensis Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2024
1 synonym | 1 specimen
Range: Liuxi River, Guangdong, China [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, mtGenome.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Pletholophus honglinhensis Bogan, Do, Froufe & Lopes-Lima, 2023
1 synonym | 1 specimen
Range: Lam (Ca) River, Vietnam. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pletholophus reinianus (Martens, 1875)
2 synonyms | 2 specimens
Range: Japan. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
15 synonyms | 71 specimens
Range: Widespread in southeastern Asia, from the Yangtze south to Cambodia. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Cristaria tenuis).
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Page updated: 08:48:21 Mon 28 Jul 2025

 
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