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Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)
989458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:989458)
accepted
Species
Anodonta marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Symphynota bilineata I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio ligula Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original name)
Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Unio marginalis var. bilineata (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio thwaitesii I. Lea, 1860 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (junior synonym)
Unio thwaitsii I. Lea, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Forma Lamellidens marginalis f. feueri "Modell, 1969" † (unaccepted > nomen nudum, introduced as forma after 1961 and thus not available as species-group name)
- Forma Lamellidens marginalis f. vokesi "Modell, 1969" † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Subspecies Lamellidens marginalis rhadinaeus Annandale & Prashad, 1919 accepted as Lamellidens rhadinaeus Annandale & Prashad, 1919 accepted as Lamellidens candaharicus (T. Hutton, 1849) (original rank)
- Variety Lamellidens marginalis var. sawaddyensis Preston, 1912 accepted as Lamellidens generosus (A. Gould, 1847) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Lamellidens marginalis var. sublamellatus Preston, 1912 accepted as Trapezidens angustior (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
Note India, Bengal, rice fields
From editor or global species database
Type locality India, Bengal, rice fields [details]
Distribution Ganges and Krishna basins, India and Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indus Basin in Pakistan
Distribution Ganges and Krishna basins, India and Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indus Basin in Pakistan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=989458 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Unio thwaitsii I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11: 151-154 [after 31 May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310565
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Symphynota bilineata I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 98-99, pl. 11, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Unio thwaitesii I. Lea, 1860) Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of exotic Unionidae. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2)4(3): 235-273 ["March 1860"; copies printed for the author in February 1860]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36862123
page(s): 246 [details]
original description (of Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 91–92, pl. 17 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio ligula Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 94-95 [details]
basis of record Bolotov, I. N.; Pasupuleti, R.; Subba Rao, N. V.; Unnikrishnan, S. K.; Chan, N.; Lunn, Z.; Win, T.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Kondakov, A. V.; Konopleva, E. S.; Lyubas, A. A.; Tomilova, A. A.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Pfenninger, M.; Düwel, S. S.; Feldmeyer, B.; Nesemann, H. F.; Nagel, K.-O. (2022). Oriental freshwater mussels arose in East Gondwana and arrived to Asia on the Indian Plate and Burma Terrane. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 12(1): 1518., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05257-0 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Jaeckel, S. (1956). Die Weichtiere (Mollusca) der Afghanistan-Expedition (1952-1953). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 32(2): 337-353.
page(s): 351 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tonapi, G. T. & Mulherkar, L. (1963). On the freshwater molluscs of Poona. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 60(1): 104-120, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48053235
page(s): 118, pl. 6, fig. 33 [details]
additional source Marshall, H. (1922). List of Mollusca of Rangoon. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 28(3): 773-776., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52170377
page(s): 774 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Unio thwaitsii I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11: 151-154 [after 31 May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310565
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Symphynota bilineata I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 98-99, pl. 11, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Unio thwaitesii I. Lea, 1860) Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of exotic Unionidae. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2)4(3): 235-273 ["March 1860"; copies printed for the author in February 1860]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36862123
page(s): 246 [details]
original description (of Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 91–92, pl. 17 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio ligula Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 94-95 [details]
basis of record Bolotov, I. N.; Pasupuleti, R.; Subba Rao, N. V.; Unnikrishnan, S. K.; Chan, N.; Lunn, Z.; Win, T.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Kondakov, A. V.; Konopleva, E. S.; Lyubas, A. A.; Tomilova, A. A.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Pfenninger, M.; Düwel, S. S.; Feldmeyer, B.; Nesemann, H. F.; Nagel, K.-O. (2022). Oriental freshwater mussels arose in East Gondwana and arrived to Asia on the Indian Plate and Burma Terrane. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 12(1): 1518., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05257-0 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jaeckel, S. (1956). Die Weichtiere (Mollusca) der Afghanistan-Expedition (1952-1953). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 32(2): 337-353.
page(s): 351 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tonapi, G. T. & Mulherkar, L. (1963). On the freshwater molluscs of Poona. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 60(1): 104-120, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48053235
page(s): 118, pl. 6, fig. 33 [details]
additional source Marshall, H. (1922). List of Mollusca of Rangoon. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 28(3): 773-776., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52170377
page(s): 774 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 531075 [details]
Syntype (of Unio ligula Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 531108 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Ganges and Krishna basins, India and Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indus Basin in Pakistan [details]Type locality India, Bengal, rice fields [details]
