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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Ensidens spiculus Pfeiffer, Graf, Cummings & Page, 2021: specimens
2 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Ensidens sagittarius — Bolotov et al. (2017)
Ensidens sp. ‘Thai’ — Bolotov et al. (2020)
Ensidens spiculus — Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Konopleva et al. (2023)
Ensidens sp. 1 — Wu et al. (2021)

Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand and Laos.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Laos
MNHN_MP_2745 Royaume de Luang Prabang	MNHN_MP_2746 Royaume de Luang Prabang
Thailand
SMF_170336 Thailand: Huai Luang, n Udon	UF_507798 Mao River below dam at Rt. 212 bridge approx. 29 km ESE of Bueng Kan. TH16-37. 18.283, 103.881	SMF_188644 Thailand: Huai Luang at Ban Ta Tum, n. Udon
SMF_188645 Thailand: Huai Luang, n. Udon	SMF_188646 Thailand: Huai Luang, n. Udon	UF_507743 Kong Si River at bridge ESE of Ban Kumphawapi. TH16-21. 17.097, 102.989
UF_507748 Luang River at bridge N of Ban Sam Phrao on Rt. 2410. TH16-23. 17.456, 102.881	USNM_786307 Huai Luang, Ban Tha Tum, Thailand	SMF_188662 Thailnad: Nam Suai, Nong Khai
UF_507755 Mekong River approx. 70 km NW of Tha Bo along Rt. 211. TH16-27. 18.111, 102.227
UF_564752

Genbank Vouchers

Thailand

RMBH_biv_117_3 (COI, 16S, 28S) Thailand: Mekong River basin, artificial pond near the Ban Nong-Bua village

RMBH_biv_117_2 (COI, 16S, 28S) Thailand: Mekong River basin, artificial pond near the Ban Nong-Bua village

RMBH_biv_117_1 (COI, 16S, 28S) Thailand: Mekong River basin, artificial pond near the Ban Nong-Bua village

UF_507798 (ICH-00824) (COI, SRA) Thailand, Mao River below dam at Rt. 212 bridge approx. 29 km ESE of Bueng Kan (18.282598, 103.880723)

UF_507755 (ICH-00748) (COI) Thailand, Mekong River approx. 70 km NW of Tha Bo along Rt. 211 (18.111062, 102.226795)

UF_507755 (ICH-00749) (COI) Thailand, Mekong River approx. 70 km NW of Tha Bo along Rt. 211 (18.111062, 102.226795)

UF_507798 (ICH-00824_AHE) (COI) Thailand, Mao River below dam at Rt. 212 bridge approx. 29 km ESE of Bueng Kan (18.282598, 103.880723)

UF_507748 (ICH-00728) (COI) Thailand, Luang River at bridge N of Ban Sam Phrao on Rt. 2410 (17.455778, 102.880747)

UF_507798 (ICH-00825) (COI) Thailand, Mao River below dam at Rt. 212 bridge approx. 29 km ESE of Bueng Kan (18.282598, 103.880723)

UF_507748 (ICH-00729) (COI) Thailand, Luang River at bridge N of Ban Sam Phrao on Rt. 2410 (17.455778, 102.880747)

UF_507743 (ICH-00716) (COI) Thailand, Kong Si River at bridge ESE of Ban Kumphawapi (17.09692, 102.988512)

Mp_3921_E67A (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

Mp_3921_E62 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

Mp_3921_E67 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

Mp_3921_E56 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

Mp_3921_E55 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

Mp_3921_E41A (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

Mp_3921_E41 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

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