Solenaia

Solenaia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Solenaia
Conrad, 1869[1]
Synonyms
  • Balwantia Prashad, 1919.[2]
  • Solenia[3]

Solenaia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.[1]

Distribution

Most of the species in this genus are endemic to the Yangtze River Basin of China. Additional species are found in Thailand, Northeastern India and Korea.

Species

In WoRMS there is only one species listed in this genus.[1] On the other hand, Chinese literature sources have records of at least five different species.[4] The MussellP database from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, list eight different species.[5] The list below summarizes these findings as follows:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Solenaia Conrad, 1869 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 January 2014.
  2. "Solenaia Conrad, 1869: generic synonymy". Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  3. 1 2 中国科学院动物研究所. "橄榄蛏蚌". 《中国动物物种编目数据库》. 中国科学院微生物研究所. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  4. 欧阳解秀. "中国蚌科动物的分子系统进化及遗传多样性研究" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  5. "Solenaia Conrad, 1869: species". MusselP database. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  6. 1 2 "Solenaia iridinea (Heude, 1874): species synonymy". Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  7. "Solenaia khwaenoiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2014.3 ed.). Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  8. WoRMS. "Solenaia neotriangularis He & Zhuang, 2013". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  9. He, Jiang; Zhuang, Zimin (2013). The freshwater bivalves of China. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 197 pp.
  10. "Solenaia soleniformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2014.3 ed.). Retrieved 2015-04-09.
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