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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! 
This page documents data for Dai et al. (2024), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=4385 
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 Publication information 
Dai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, C.-L. Hu, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2024. Description of a new freshwater mussel species of Pletholophus, Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(4): 1191-1200. 
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Cladogram Figures
(click the figure number to see the cladogram) fig. 3-BI fig. 3-ML
  
Attributed Species Names
  Pletholophus guangzhouensis Dai et al., 2024
     Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2024, Zoosyst. Evol. 100(4): 1194-1195, fig. 2, Table 1.
    Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) 24_NCU_XPWU_PGU01, China, Guangdong, Guangzhou City, Conghua District, Liuxi River; 23°32'02"N, 113°35'03"E.
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Taxonomic Opinions
	 Amuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973
	 
	Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)
	 
	Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)
	 
	Beringiana fukuharai San, Hattori & Kondo, 2020
	 
	Beringiana gosannensis San, Hattori & Kondo, 2020
	 
	Beringiana japonica (Clessin, 1874)
	 
	Buldowskia flavotincta (Martens, 1905)
	 
	Buldowskia iwakawai (Suzuki, 1939)
	 
	Buldowskia kamiyai San, Hattori & Kondo, 2020
	 
	Buldowskia shadini (Moskvicheva, 1973)
	 
	Buldowskia suifunica (Lindholm, 1925)
	 
	Cristaria bellua (Morelet, 1866)
	 
	Cristaria clessini (Kobelt, 1879)
	 
	Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)
	 
	Cristaria truncata Dang, Thai & Pham, 1980
	 
	Gibbosula laosensis (Lea, 1863)
	 
	Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
	 
	Pletholophus guangzhouensis Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu, sp. nov.
	 
	Pletholophus honglinhensis Bogan, Do, Froufe & Lopes-Lima, 2023
	 
	Pletholophus reinianus (Martens, 1875)
	 
	Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
	 + Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834
	 + Unio swinhoei H. Adams, 1866
	 + Cristaria inangulata Haas, 1910
	 
	Postolata guangxiensis Dai, Huang, Guo & Wu, 2023
	 
	Pseudocuneopsis longjiangensis Liu & Wu, 2024
	 
	Pseudocuneopsis wuana Liu & Wu, 2023
	 
	Pseudocuneopsis yangshuoensis Wu & Liu, 2023
	 
	Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843)
	 
	Sinanodonta angula (Tchang, Li & Liu, 1965)
	 
	Sinanodonta calipygos (Kobelt, 1879)
	 
	Sinanodonta lauta (Martens, 1877)
	 
	Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)
	 
	Sinanodonta pacifica (Heude, 1878)
	 
	Sinanodonta schrenkii (Lea, 1870)
	 
	Sinanodonta tumens (Haas, 1910)
	 
	Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
	 
	Trapezidens exolescens (Gould, 1843)
	 
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Cladogram Figure 3-BI
                             +-- Gibbosula_laosensis        
  +--------------------------+                              
  |                          +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                                         
  |                          +-- Trapezidens_exolescens     
  |  +-----------------------+                              
--+  |                       +-- Scabies_crispata           
  |  |                                                      
  |  |           +-------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis     
  |  |           |                                          
  |  |  +--------+  +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis        
  |  |  |        |  |                                       
  +--+  |        +--+  +-------- Buldowskia_suifunica       
     |  |           |  |                                    
     |  |           +--+  +----- Buldowskia_flavotincta     
     |  |              |  |                                 
     |  |              +--+----- Buldowskia_shadini         
     |  |                 |                                 
     |  |                 |  +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai        
     |  |                 +--+                              
     +--+                    +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai         
        |                                                   
        |              +-------- Cristaria_bellua           
        |  +-----------+                                    
        |  |           |  +----- Cristaria_clessini         
        |  |           +--+                                 
        |  |              |  +-- Cristaria_plicata          
        |  |              +--+                              
        |  |                 +-- Cristaria_truncata         
        |  |                                                
        +--+           +-------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis 
           |  +--------+                                    
           |  |        |  +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
           |  |        +--+                                 
           |  |           |  +-- Pletholophus_tenuis        
           |  |           +--+                              
           |  |              +-- Pletholophus_reinianus     
           +--+                                             
              |        +-------- Beringiana_japonica        
              |  +-----+                                    
              |  |     |  +----- Beringiana_beringiana      
              |  |     +--+                                 
              |  |        |  +-- Beringiana_fukuharai       
              |  |        +--+                              
              +--+           +-- Beringiana_gosannensis     
                 |                                          
                 |           +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
                 |  +--------+                              
                 |  |        +-- Sinanodonta_angula         
                 |  |                                       
                 +--+     +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
                    |  +--+                                 
                    |  |  |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta          
                    |  |  +--+                              
                    +--+     +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica       
                       |                                    
                       |  +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii      
                       +--+                                 
                          |  +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos      
                          +--+                              
                             +-- Sinanodonta_tumens         
 
Cladogram Figure 3-ML
                             +-- Gibbosula_laosensis        
  +--------------------------+                              
  |                          +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                                         
  |                          +-- Trapezidens_exolescens     
  |  +-----------------------+                              
--+  |                       +-- Scabies_crispata           
  |  |                                                      
  |  |           +-------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis     
  |  |           |                                          
  |  |  +--------+  +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis        
  |  |  |        |  |                                       
  +--+  |        +--+  +-------- Buldowskia_suifunica       
     |  |           |  |                                    
     |  |           +--+     +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai        
     |  |              |  +--+                              
     |  |              |  |  +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai         
     |  |              +--+                                 
     |  |                 |  +-- Buldowskia_flavotincta     
     |  |                 +--+                              
     +--+                    +-- Buldowskia_shadini         
        |                                                   
        |              +-------- Cristaria_bellua           
        |  +-----------+                                    
        |  |           |  +----- Cristaria_clessini         
        |  |           +--+                                 
        |  |              |  +-- Cristaria_plicata          
        |  |              +--+                              
        |  |                 +-- Cristaria_truncata         
        |  |                                                
        +--+           +-------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis 
           |  +--------+                                    
           |  |        |  +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
           |  |        +--+                                 
           |  |           |  +-- Pletholophus_tenuis        
           |  |           +--+                              
           |  |              +-- Pletholophus_reinianus     
           |  |                                             
           +--+              +-- Beringiana_fukuharai       
              |           +--+                              
              |           |  +-- Beringiana_gosannensis     
              |  +--------+                                 
              |  |        |  +-- Beringiana_beringiana      
              |  |        +--+                              
              |  |           +-- Beringiana_japonica        
              +--+                                          
                 |           +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
                 |  +--------+                              
                 |  |        +-- Sinanodonta_angula         
                 |  |                                       
                 +--+     +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
                    |  +--+                                 
                    |  |  |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta          
                    |  |  +--+                              
                    +--+     +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica       
                       |                                    
                       |  +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii      
                       +--+                                 
                          |  +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos      
                          +--+                              
                             +-- Sinanodonta_tumens         
 
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