MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 19 March 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Oxynaiina | Schistodesmus spinosus
nominal species Unio vestitus Heude, 1883
Unio vestitus Heude, 1883 = Schistodesmus spinosus
Heude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 59, fig. 115.
(misidentified reference to Unio vestitus Heude, 1883)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867) — IUCN, 2011: [web].
+ Schistodesmus spinosus Simpson, 1900 — Liu et al., 1979: 89.
+ Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867) — Haas, 1969: 85.
+ Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867) — Haas, 1914: 248, pl. 31, fig. 1-6.
+ Schistodesmus spinosus Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1914: 941.
+ Shistodesmus [sic] spinosus Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900: 804.
= Unio vestitus var. b Heude — Heude, 1883: pl. 59, fig. 115.
