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Publication information

Dai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2025. A new tribe, genus, and species of freshwater mussel from the Changjiang River Basin in China (Bivlavia, Unionidae, Unioninae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 779-790.

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Cladogram Figures

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Attributed Genus Names

Globunio Dai et al., 2025
Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2025, Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): 786.
Type species: Globunio mirificus Dai et al., 2025 (orig. desig.) = Globunio mirificus

Attributed Species Names

Lasmigona compressa Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000, J. Moll. Studies 66: 160.
Graf & Cummings, 2006, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348.
Hoeh et al., 2009, Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Jadhav & Jamkhedkar, 2009, Res. J. BioTech. 4(1): 43.
Whelan et al., 2011, MPE 61: 506.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017, MPE 106: 177.
Bolotov et al., 2017, Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017, Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2018, Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2019, MPE 130: Table S4.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020, MPE 146: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021, J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022, Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Wu et al., 2023, ZooKeys 1166: 263, Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023, ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Dai et al., 2025, Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829)

Globunio mirificus Dai et al., 2025
Chen, Dai, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2025, Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): 786, fig. 4.
Type(s): 24_NCU_XPWU_GM01, Honggutan District [红谷滩区], Nanchang City [南昌市], Jiangxi Province [江西省], China.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aculamprotula coreana (Martens, 1886)

Aculamprotula fibrosa (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula polysticta (Heude, 1877)

Aculamprotula scripta (Heude, 1875)

Aculamprotula tientsinensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)

Aculamprotula tortuosa (Lea, 1865)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea, 1868)

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Amuranodonta kijaensis Moskvicheva, 1973

Anemina arcaeformis (Heude, 1877)

Anemina euscaphys (Heude, 1879)

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis demangei Haas, 1929

Cuneopsis heudei (Heude, 1874)

Cuneopsis rufescens (Heude, 1874)

Diaurora aurorea (Heude, 1883)

Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Gibbosula rochechouartii (Heude, 1875)

Globunio mirificus Chen, Dai, Huang & Wu, sp. nov.

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900

Indonaia andersoniana (Nevill, 1877)

Inversidens rentianensis Wu & Wu, 2021

Inversiunio reinianus (Kobelt, 1879)

Inversiunio yanagawensis (Kondo, 1982)

Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877)

Lamprotula gottschei-Schistodesmus.sp [sic]

Lamprotula leaii (Gray, 1833)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis siliquoideus (Barnes, 1823)

Lanceolaria gladiola (Heude, 1877)

Lanceolaria grayii (Gray, 1833)
+ Unio grayanus Lea, 1834

Lanceolaria lanceolata (Lea, 1856)

Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha (Martens, 1861)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829)

Leaunio lienosa (Conrad, 1834)

Lens contradens (Lea, 1838)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827)

Monodontina vondembuschiana (Lea, 1840)

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Nodularia breviconcha Lee, Kim, Bogan & Kondo, 2020

Nodularia douglasiae (Gray, 1833)

Nodularia fusiformans Wu & Liu, 2024

Nodularia nuxpersicae (Dunker, 1848)

Parreysia nagpoorensis (Lea, 1860)

Parvasolenaia rivularis (Heude, 1877)

Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Postolata guangxiensis Dai, Huang, Guo & Wu, 2023

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus streckersoni

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudocuneopsis capitata (Heude, 1874)

Pseudocuneopsis sichuanensis Huang, Dai, Chen & Wu , 2022

Pseudocuneopsis yangshuoensis Wu & Liu, 2023

Pseudocuneopsis yemaoi Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu, 2024

Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)

Sinanodonta lucida (Heude, 1877)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Sinohyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (Martens, 1861)

Sinosolenaia carinata (Heude, 1877)

Sinosolenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Tchangsinaia piscicula (Heude, 1874)

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793

Unio elongatulus

Unio mancus

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

Cladogram Figure 1

                                                     +-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii    
  +--------------------------------------------------+                               
  |                                                  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica      
  |                                                                                  
  |                                                  +-- Pronodularia_japanensis     
--+  +-----------------------------------------------+                               
  |  |                                               +-- Lamprotula_leaii            
  |  |                                                                               
  |  |                                               +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea       
  +--+  +--------------------------------------------+                               
     |  |                                            +-- Quadrula_quadrula           
     |  |                                                                            
     |  |                                            +-- Anemina_arcaeformis         
     |  |  +-----------------------------------------+                               
     +--+  |                                         +-- Amuranodonta_kijaensis      
        |  |                                                                         
        |  |                                      +----- Parreysia_nagpoorensis      
        |  +--------------------------------------+                                  
        |  |                                      |  +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca        
        |  |                                      +--+                               
        +--+                                         +-- Indonaia_andersoniana       
           |                                                                         
           |                                      +----- Pletholophus_reinianus      
           |  +-----------------------------------+                                  
           |  |                                   |  +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana        
           |  |                                   +--+                               
           |  |                                      +-- Beringiana_beringiana       
           |  |                                                                      
           +--+  +-------------------------------------- Cristaria_plicata           
              |  |                                                                   
              |  |                                   +-- Alasmidonta_marginata       
              |  |                                +--+                               
              |  |                                |  +-- Lasmigona_costata           
              |  +--------------------------------+                                  
              +--+                                |  +-- Anodonta_anatina            
                 |                                +--+                               
                 |                                   +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata    
                 |                                                                   
                 |                                   +-- Lanceolaria_gladiola        
                 |  +--------------------------------+                               
                 |  |                                +-- Lanceolaria_oxyrhyncha      
                 +--+                                                                
                    |  +-------------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati      
                    |  |                                                             
                    +--+  +----------------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis        
                       |  |                                                          
                       |  |  +-------------------------- Globunio_mirificus          
                       +--+  |                                                       
                          |  |                 +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa      
                          |  |                 |                                     
                          |  |  +--------------+  +----- Aculamprotula_coreana       
                          +--+  |              |  |                                  
                             |  |              +--+----- Aculamprotula_fibrosa       
                             |  |                 |                                  
                             |  |                 |  +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta    
                             |  |                 +--+                               
                             +--+                    +-- Aculamprotula_scripta       
                                |                                                    
                                |  +-------------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica  
                                |  |                                                 
                                |  |                 +-- Nodularia_douglasiae        
                                |  |  +--------------+                               
                                +--+  |              +-- Nodularia_breviconcha       
                                   |  |                                              
                                   |  |              +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis       
                                   |  |  +-----------+                               
                                   +--+  |           +-- Cuneopsis_heudei            
                                      |  |                                           
                                      |  |        +----- Diaurora_aurorea            
                                      |  |        |                                  
                                      |  +--------+  +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus   
                                      |  |        |  |                               
                                      +--+        +--+-- Schistodesmus_spinosus      
                                         |           |                               
                                         |           +-- Schistodesmus               
                                         |                                           
                                         |           +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
                                         |  +--------+                               
                                         |  |        +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata    
                                         |  |                                        
                                         +--+        +-- Unio_pictorum               
                                            |  +-----+                               
                                            |  |     +-- Unio_crassus                
                                            +--+                                     
                                               |  +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula      
                                               +--+                                  
                                                  |  +-- Inversiunio_yanagawensis    
                                                  +--+                               
                                                     +-- Inversiunio_reinianus

Cladogram Figure 2

                                               +-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii    
  +--------------------------------------------+                               
  |                                            +-- Margaritifera_dahurica      
  |                                                                            
  |                                            +-- Pronodularia_japanensis     
  |                                         +--+                               
  |                                         |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii            
--+  +--------------------------------------+                                  
  |  |                                      |  +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea       
  |  |                                      +--+                               
  |  |                                         +-- Quadrula_quadrula           
  |  |                                                                         
  |  |                                         +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca        
  +--+                                         |                               
     |  +--------------------------------------+-- Indonaia_andersoniana       
     |  |                                      |                               
     |  |                                      +-- Parreysia_nagpoorensis      
     |  |                                                                      
     |  |                                      +-- Anemina_arcaeformis         
     +--+  +-----------------------------------+                               
        |  |                                   +-- Amuranodonta_kijaensis      
        |  |                                                                   
        |  |                                +----- Pletholophus_reinianus      
        |  |  +-----------------------------+                                  
        +--+  |                             |  +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana        
           |  |                             +--+                               
           |  |                                +-- Beringiana_beringiana       
           |  |                                                                
           |  |                                +-- Alasmidonta_marginata       
           +--+                             +--+                               
              |                             |  +-- Lasmigona_costata           
              |  +--------------------------+                                  
              |  |                          |  +-- Anodonta_anatina            
              |  |                          +--+                               
              |  |                             +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata    
              |  |                                                             
              +--+  +----------------------------- Lanceolaria_gladiola        
                 |  |                                                          
                 |  +----------------------------- Lanceolaria_oxyrhyncha      
                 |  |                                                          
                 |  +----------------------------- Cristaria_plicata           
                 +--+                                                          
                    |  +-------------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis        
                    |  |                                                       
                    |  +-------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati      
                    |  |                                                       
                    +--+  +----------------------- Globunio_mirificus          
                       |  |                                                    
                       |  |              +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa      
                       |  |              |                                     
                       |  |  +-----------+     +-- Aculamprotula_fibrosa       
                       +--+  |           |  +--+                               
                          |  |           |  |  +-- Aculamprotula_coreana       
                          |  |           +--+                                  
                          |  |              |  +-- Aculamprotula_scripta       
                          |  |              +--+                               
                          |  |                 +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta    
                          +--+                                                 
                             |              +----- Middendorffinaia_mongolica  
                             |  +-----------+                                  
                             |  |           |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae        
                             |  |           +--+                               
                             |  |              +-- Nodularia_breviconcha       
                             |  |                                              
                             |  |              +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis       
                             +--+  +-----------+                               
                                |  |           +-- Cuneopsis_heudei            
                                |  |                                           
                                |  |     +-------- Diaurora_aurorea            
                                |  +-----+                                     
                                |  |     |  +----- Schistodesmus_spinosus      
                                |  |     +--+                                  
                                +--+        |  +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus   
                                   |        +--+                               
                                   |           +-- Schistodesmus               
                                   |                                           
                                   |           +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
                                   |  +--------+                               
                                   |  |        +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata    
                                   |  |                                        
                                   +--+        +-- Inversiunio_yanagawensis    
                                      |  +-----+                               
                                      |  |     +-- Inversiunio_reinianus       
                                      +--+                                     
                                         |  +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula      
                                         +--+                                  
                                            |  +-- Unio_pictorum               
                                            +--+                               
                                               +-- Unio_crassus

Cladogram Figure 3

                                               +-- Anodontites_trapesialis      
  +--------------------------------------------+                                
  |                                            +-- Mutela_dubia                 
  |                                                                             
  |  +-------------------------------------------- Echyridella_menziesii        
  |  |                                                                          
  |  |                             +-------------- Gibbosula_rochechouartii     
  |  |  +--------------------------+                                            
--+  |  |                          |  +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta       
  |  |  |                          +--+                                         
  |  |  |                             |  +-------- Pseudunio_marocanus          
  |  |  |                             +--+                                      
  |  |  |                                |  +----- Margaritifera_falcata        
  |  |  |                                +--+                                   
  |  |  |                                   |  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica       
  |  |  |                                   +--+                                
  +--+  |                                      +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera  
     |  |                                                                       
     |  |                                      +-- Quadrula_quadrula            
     |  |           +--------------------------+                                
     |  |           |                          +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus        
     |  |           |                                                           
     |  |  +--------+                          +-- Elliptio_complanata          
     |  |  |        |  +-----------------------+                                
     |  |  |        |  |                       +-- Pleurobema_oviforme          
     |  |  |        +--+                                                        
     |  |  |           |  +----------------------- Amblema_plicata              
     |  |  |           |  |                                                     
     +--+  |           +--+  +-------------------- Popenaias_popeii             
        |  |              |  |                                                  
        |  |              +--+  +----------------- Toxolasma_parvum             
        |  |                 |  |                                               
        |  |                 |  |           +----- Potamilus_leptodon           
        |  |                 +--+  +--------+                                   
        |  |                    |  |        |  +-- Potamilus_streckersoni       
        |  |                    |  |        +--+                                
        |  |                    +--+           +-- Potamilus_alatus             
        |  |                       |                                            
        |  |                       |  +----------- Leaunio_lienosus             
        |  |                       |  |                                         
        |  |                       +--+        +-- Lampsilis_cardium            
        |  |                          |  +-----+                                
        |  |                          |  |     +-- Lampsilis_ornata             
        |  |                          +--+                                      
        |  |                             |  +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis  
        |  |                             +--+                                   
        |  |                                |  +-- Lampsilis_powellii           
        |  |                                +--+                                
        |  |                                   +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea        
        |  |                                                                    
        +--+                                +----- Chamberlainia_hainesiana     
           |              +-----------------+                                   
           |              |                 |  +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii       
           |              |                 +--+                                
           |              |                    +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii     
           |              |                                                     
           |              |                    +-- Lens_contradens              
           |  +-----------+                 +--+                                
           |  |           |                 |  +-- Physunio_superbus            
           |  |           |  +--------------+                                   
           |  |           |  |              |  +-- Hyriopsis_bialata            
           |  |           |  |              +--+                                
           |  |           |  |                 +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis        
           |  |           |  |                                                  
           |  |           +--+           +-------- Potomida_semirugata          
           |  |              |  +--------+                                      
           |  |              |  |        |  +----- Pronodularia_japanensis      
           |  |              |  |        +--+                                   
           |  |              |  |           |  +-- Lamprotula_caveata           
           |  |              |  |           +--+                                
           |  |              +--+              +-- Lamprotula_leaii             
           |  |                 |                                               
           |  |                 |              +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus   
           |  |                 |  +-----------+                                
           |  |                 |  |           +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis        
           |  |                 |  |                                            
           |  |                 +--+  +----------- Inversiunio_reinianus        
           |  |                    |  |                                         
           |  |                    |  |     +----- Parvasolenaia_rivularis      
           +--+                    +--+  +--+                                   
              |                       |  |  |  +-- Postolata_guangxiensis       
              |                       |  |  +--+                                
              |                       +--+     +-- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri      
              |                          |                                      
              |                          |  +----- Microcondylaea_bonellii      
              |                          +--+                                   
              |                             |  +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata        
              |                             +--+                                
              |                                +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora        
              |                                                                 
              |  +-------------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati       
              |  |                                                              
              |  |                       +-------- Acuticosta_chinensis         
              |  |              +--------+                                      
              |  |              |        |  +----- Lanceolaria_gladiola         
              |  |              |        +--+                                   
              |  |              |           |  +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata       
              |  |              |           +--+                                
              |  |              |              +-- Lanceolaria_grayii           
              |  |  +-----------+                                               
              |  |  |           |        +-------- Cristaria_plicata            
              +--+  |           |  +-----+                                      
                 |  |           |  |     |  +----- Anemina_arcaeformis          
                 |  |           |  |     +--+                                   
                 |  |           |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_lucida           
                 |  |           |  |        +--+                                
                 |  |           +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana         
                 |  |              |                                            
                 |  |              |           +-- Anodonta_anatina             
                 |  |              |  +--------+                                
                 |  |              |  |        +-- Anodonta_cygnea              
                 |  |              +--+                                         
                 |  |                 |  +-------- Platynaias_compressa         
                 +--+                 +--+                                      
                    |                    |  +----- Pyganodon_grandis            
                    |                    +--+                                   
                    |                       |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis       
                    |                       +--+                                
                    |                          +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis     
                    |                                                           
                    |  +-------------------------- Globunio_mirificus           
                    |  |                                                        
                    |  |                 +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa       
                    |  |                 |                                      
                    |  |  +--------------+     +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta     
                    |  |  |              |  +--+                                
                    |  |  |              |  |  +-- Aculamprotula_scripta        
                    +--+  |              +--+                                   
                       |  |                 |  +-- Aculamprotula_coreana        
                       |  |                 +--+                                
                       |  |                    +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis  
                       |  |                                                     
                       |  |        +-------------- Unio_tumidus                 
                       |  |  +-----+                                            
                       +--+  |     |  +----------- Unio_crassus                 
                          |  |     +--+                                         
                          |  |        |  +-------- Unio_delphinus               
                          |  |        +--+                                      
                          |  |           |  +----- Unio_pictorum                
                          |  |           +--+                                   
                          |  |              |  +-- Unio_elongatulus             
                          |  |              +--+                                
                          |  |                 +-- Unio_mancus                  
                          |  |                                                  
                          +--+           +-------- Nodularia_breviconcha        
                             |        +--+                                      
                             |        |  |  +----- Nodularia_fusiformans        
                             |        |  +--+                                   
                             |        |     |  +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae        
                             |  +-----+     +--+                                
                             |  |     |        +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
                             |  |     |                                         
                             |  |     |  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
                             |  |     +--+                                      
                             |  |        |  +----- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
                             |  |        +--+                                   
                             +--+           |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
                                |           +--+                                
                                |              +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
                                |                                               
                                |           +----- Schistodesmus_spinosus       
                                |  +--------+                                   
                                |  |        |  +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus    
                                |  |        +--+                                
                                +--+           +-- Schistodesmus                
                                   |                                            
                                   |  +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
                                   +--+                                         
                                      |  +-------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
                                      +--+                                      
                                         |  +----- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
                                         +--+                                   
                                            |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
                                            +--+                                
                                               +-- Cuneopsis_demangei

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