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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 Sinanodonta pacifica (Heude, 1878): specimens
12 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Anodonta woodiana woodiana — Graf (2007)
Sinanodonta puerorum — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Anodonta woodiana pacifica — Ouyang et al. (2011), Xiong et al. (2012)
Sinanodonta woodiana pacifica — Zieritz et al. (2012)
Sinanodonta woodiana — He & Zhuang (2013), Ng et al. (2016), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Kondakov et al. (2020)
Anodonta pacifica — Soliman et al. (2016)
Sinanodonta sp. 1 — Froufe et al. (2017)
Sinanodonta cf. gibba — Kondakov et al. (2018)
Sinanodonta lineage B — Kondakov et al. (2018), Bauer et al. (2021)
Sinanodonta pacifica — Huang et al. (2019), Dai et al. (2024), Douda et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
Sinanodonta joreti — Huang et al. (2019)
Sinanodonta sp. 2 — Huang et al. (2019)

Range: Native range in eastern China and Taiwan. Widely introduced in East Asia (Japan and Myanmar to the Sunda Islands and the Philippines) as well as the USA, Central America, and Iraq.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Cambodia
MNHN_MP_4230 Cambodge
China
USNM_126451 Ning-kuo, China	USNM_472421 Ning-Kouo fou, China	USNM_472425 Kien-te sud, China
USNM_126509 China	ANSP_125552 Yang-Tse Kiang, China	MNHN_MP_3419 Kouang té tcheou, China
USNM_126513 Ning-kuo-fu, China
Vietnam
MNHN_MP_4242 Baie d’Along, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4252 Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4197 Baie d’Along, Tonkin

Genbank Vouchers

China

16_NCU_XPWU_SU158 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Jinxi County

16_NCU_XPWU_SU162 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Poyang Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU161 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Jinxi County

16_NCU_XPWU_SU160 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Jinxi County

16_NCU_XPWU_SU159 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Jinxi County

Costa Rica

Mp_4365_CR1 (COI) Costa Rica: Guanacaste (10.335556 N 85.155278 W)

Mp_4365_CR2 (COI) Costa Rica: Guanacaste (10.335556 N 85.155278 W)

Mp_4365_CR3 (COI) Costa Rica: Guanacaste (10.335556 N 85.155278 W)

Japan

Mp_4311_ku1-2 (S164) (COI) Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan

MHS_SLCB-01 (COI) Tone River , Chiba, Japan (36.0555, 139.8376)

MHS_SLAC-01 (COI) Kiso River , Aichi, Japan (35.3778, 136.9302)

Mp_4311_Yh1-1 (COI) Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan

MHS_SLIB-02 (COI) Kasumigaura Lake, Ibaraki, Japan (36.0302, 140.3067)

Myanmar

RMBH_biv_980_2 (COI) Myanmar: a section of the Lashio River near Lashio Hot Springs, Irrawaddy Basin (22.9933, 97.7752)

RMBH_biv_984_8 (COI) Myanmar: oxbow lake of the Lashio River near Lashio, Irrawaddy Basin (22.9926, 97.8349)

RMBH_biv_980_1 (COI) Myanmar: a section of the Lashio River near Lashio Hot Springs, Irrawaddy Basin (22.9933, 97.7752)

RMBH_biv_984_1 (COI) Myanmar: oxbow lake of the Lashio River near Lashio, Irrawaddy Basin (22.9926, 97.8349)

RMBH_biv_984_2 (COI) Myanmar: oxbow lake of the Lashio River near Lashio, Irrawaddy Basin (22.9926, 97.8349)

RMBH_biv_980_4 (COI) Myanmar: a section of the Lashio River near Lashio Hot Springs, Irrawaddy Basin (22.9933, 97.7752)

Philippines

Mp_4311_Pili1 (COI) Philippines

Taiwan

Mp_4311_seu966 (COI) Taipei, Taiwan, China

Mp_4311_seu961 (COI) Yilan, Taiwan, China

USA

CIIMAR_BIV02733 (COI) Franklin Pond, New Jersey, USA, Delaware basin (40.54703, -74.91608)

CIIMAR_BIV02732 (COI) Franklin Pond, New Jersey, USA, Delaware basin (40.54703, -74.91608)

CIIMAR_BIV02731 (COI) Franklin Pond, New Jersey, USA, Delaware basin (40.54703, -74.91608)

SXNU_22121128 (BS_13) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (BIV1691) (COI)

SH_UN2 (COI)

HL_SW8B (COI)

HL_SW5B (COI)

SXNU_22121140 (YJ01) (mtGenome)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X117) (COI)

SH_UN4 (COI)

SXNU_23121801 (GYN_01) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X134) (COI)

HL_UN8 (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X205) (COI)

NCU 107ANWP1 (COI)

SXNU_22121142 (YJ_03) (COI)

UGSB 19577 (COI)

SXNU_23040111 (ZJ_11) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X130) (COI)

HL_UN12 (COI)

MHS_SLCB-02 (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (BIV1778) (COI)

RMBH_IEPN-wood2 (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (BIV1793) (COI)

SH_UN1 (COI)

MHS_Indonesia (COI)

SXNU_24042018 (LS_18) (COI)

SXNU_23111807 (QS_07) (COI)

RMBH_IEPN-wood1 (COI)

ZRC.MOL.2914 (COI)

SXNU_22121147 (YJ_06) (COI)

HL_SW7A (COI)

CIIMAR_BIV2669 (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X224) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (BIV1695) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (S003) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X227) (COI)

SXNU_23121802 (GYN_02) (COI)

HL_SW3 (COI)

SXNU_22121115 (BS_15) (COI)

SXNU_22121140 (YJ_01) (COI)

SXNU_23040115 (ZJ_15) (COI)

UGSB 19578 (COI)

MHS_SLST-01 (COI)

SXNU_23111806 (QS_06) (COI)

SH_UN5 (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X149) (COI)

MHS_SLIB-03 (COI)

SXNU_23111808 (QS_08) (COI)

HL_UN6 (COI)

HL_UN10 (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X128) (COI)

MZUM(BIV)_0052-65 (X98) (COI)

HL_SW4A (COI)

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