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Tongchuania mingiana H. Chen, H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-M. He, X.-C Huang & X.-P. Wu, 2025
1827436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1827436)
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Chen, H., Xiang, H.-Q., Dai, Y.-T., Chen, Z.-G., He, Y.-M., Guo, G., Wu, X.-P. & Huang, X.-C. (2025). A new genus and two new species of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Sichuan, China: Overlooked cryptic endemism in the upper Yangtze River Basin. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(4): 1459–1470., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.161018
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Note Bahe River, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province,...
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Type locality Bahe River, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, China, 31.0978°N, 107.1856°E. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tongchuania mingiana H. Chen, H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-M. He, X.-C Huang & X.-P. Wu, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1827436 on 2025-09-11
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Chen, H., Xiang, H.-Q., Dai, Y.-T., Chen, Z.-G., He, Y.-M., Guo, G., Wu, X.-P. & Huang, X.-C. (2025). A new genus and two new species of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Sichuan, China: Overlooked cryptic endemism in the upper Yangtze River Basin. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(4): 1459–1470., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.161018
page(s): 1464, figs 4, 5A-B [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1464, figs 4, 5A-B [details] Available for editors
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Environment The specific epithet “mingiana” refers to the highly distinctive yellow-green band on the shell (a diagnostic character clearly distinguishing this species from other genus in the tribe Unionini), derived from the Chinese “mingiana” (bright mirror), alluding to the vivid band’s mirror-like contrast against the darker shell background. [details]Type locality Bahe River, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, China, 31.0978°N, 107.1856°E. [details]
