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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 Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877): specimens
8 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Anodonta arcaeformis — Graf (2007), Soroka (2010), Ouyang et al. (2011), Xiong et al. (2012), ..., Fukata & Iigo (2020), Bauer et al. (2021), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023)
Anemina arcaeformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), ..., Xiang et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
Anemina (s.s.) arcaeformis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sinanodonta rivularia — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)
Anemina globosula — Wu et al. (2018)
Anemina euscaphys — Huang et al. (2019)

Range: Yangtze and Qiantang rivers in China, north to Korea and the Amur River of Russia, as well as Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

China
MNHN_MP_3372 Ngan Noue, Chine	MNHN_MP_3418 Kiang sou, Chine
Japan
UMMZ_130248 Shiwonouzen, Japan	UMMZ_108057 Japan
Mongolia
ANSP_416357 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia

Genbank Vouchers

China

16_NCU_XPWU_SU028 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

NCUBM_20180215 (COI, ND1) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

16_NCU_XPWU_SU036 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Gan River

16_NCU_XPWU_SU035 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU024 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU038 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU021 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Gan River

16_NCU_XPWU_SU033 (COI, 28S) China: Hunan, Dongting Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU031 (COI, 28S) China: Hunan, Dongting Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU037 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Gan River

16_NCU_XPWU_SU030 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU023 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

NCUBM_20180214 (COI, ND1) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

NCUBM_20180218 (COI, ND1) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

16_NCU_XPWU_SU022 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU020 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Gan River

16_NCU_XPWU_SU026 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Niutoushan of Poyang Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU034 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU029 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU039 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Jinxi County

16_NCU_XPWU_SU025 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Niutoushan of Poyang Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU032 (COI, 28S) China: Hunan, Dongting Lake

16_NCU_XPWU_SU027 (COI, 28S) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake

NCUBM_20180213 (COI, ND1) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

NCUBM_20180217 (COI) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

NCUBM_20180216 (COI) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

NCUBM_20180219 (COI) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

NCUBM_20180220 (COI) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China

Japan

MHS_AAfk067 (COI, 28S) Chikugo River, Saga, Japan (33.3032, 130.363)

MHS_MHAA01 (COI) Chikugo River, Fukuoka, Japan (33.3361, 130.957)

South Korea

NNIBR_IV29241 (COI, 28S) Ungcheon Stream, Boryeong-si, South Korea (36.2461, 126.6296)

HS_river (COI)

SXNU_18071220 (AA_20) (COI)

SXNU_18071104 (AG_04) (COI)

SXNU_18071201 (AA_01) (COI)

SXNU_18071209 (AA_09) (COI)

SXNU_18071212 (AG_12) (COI)

Sep-26 (COI)

SXNU_23101205 (YZ_05) (COI)

SXNU_23101201 (YZ_01) (COI)

Black13 (COI)

SXNU_18071202 (AA_02) (COI)

SXNU_23030523 (LJ_23) (COI)

SXNU_23030522 (LJ_22) (COI)

SXNU_23101204 (YZ_04) (COI)

SXNU_23101206 (YZ_06) (COI)

SXNU_24090710 (NS_10) (COI)

SXNU_23101203 (YZ_03) (COI)

Asan03 (COI)

SXNU_23110508 (YY_04) (COI)

SXNU_23101202 (YZ_02) (COI)

SXNU_18071205 (AA_05) (COI)

Black6 (COI)

SXNU_18071217 (AA_17) (COI)

SXNU_18071208 (AA_08) (COI)

AS01 (COI)

AD21 (COI)

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