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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 calipygos (Kobelt, 1879): specimens
2 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Anodonta calipygos — Kondo (2008)
Sinanodonta woodiana — IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Anodonta calypigos — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sinanodonta calipygos — Sano et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Sano et al. (2020), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), ..., Bogan et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Douda et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025)
Sinanodonta sp. 1 — Sano et al. (2022)

Range: Lake Biwa, Japan. Introduced to other localities in Japan as well.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Japan
ANSP_KAT_8654 Lake Biwa, off Katada Vill., Shiga Prov., Japan	SMF_3678 Japan	ANSP_KAT_8992 Lake Biwa, off the coast of Shi ngaihama, Hikone City, Japan
SMF_194014 Lake Biwa [auf Honshū], Shiga-Pref., Japan
unknown
MNHN_MP_4255 [no locality available - Asia]

Genbank Vouchers

Japan

MHS_SC_Shiga_4 (COI, 28S) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.1484, 136.0431)

Mp_4311_fk190 (COI) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan

Mp_4311_fk186 (COI) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan

Mp_4311_fk125 (COI) Yagi, Kyoto, Japan

MHS_SCSG‐04 (COI) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.2929, 136.2219)

Mp_4311_ogurakata1 (COI) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan

MHS_SCSG‐03 (COI) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.2929, 136.2219)

Mp_4311_fk185 (COI) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan

Mp_4311_fk149 (COI) Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki, Japan

MHS_SCAM‐01 (COI) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.2929, 136.2219)

IDEA_Shell062 (28S) Japan:Iwate, Kitakami city, Kitakami

Mp_4311_numaane1 (COI) Lake Anenuma, Tohoku, Aomori, Japan

IDEA_Shell081 (28S) Japan:Gifu, Mizuho city, Otsuki, Ibi river

Mp_4311_seu272 (COI) Soma, Fukushima, Japan

MHS_SCSG‐06 (COI) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.2929, 136.2219)

MHS_SCSG-01 (COI) Biwa Lake, Shiga, Japan (35.2929, 136.2219)

IDEA_Shell082 (28S) Japan:Gifu, Mizuho city, Otsuki, Ibi river

Mp_4311_fk184 (COI) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan

Mp_4311_oguramamo2 (COI) Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan

Mp_4311_An17-07m (S106) (COI) Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

MHS_SCAM-02 (COI)

MHS_SCSG-05 (COI)

MHS_SCSG-02 (COI)

MHS_SCOS‐01 (COI)

SDNCU-A5053 (COI)

SDNCU-A5671 (COI)

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