MolluscaBase taxon details
Sinotaia quadrata (W. H. Benson, 1842)
820921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820921)
accepted
Species
Bellamya aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863) · unaccepted
Bellamya lapidea (Heude, 1889) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bellamya lapillorum (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bellamya purificata (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bithinia viviparoides Hsü, 1936 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paludina aeruginosa Reeve, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paludina chinensis I. Lea, 1856 · unaccepted (invalid, junior homomym of...)
invalid, junior homomym of Paludina chinensis Gray, 1833; renamed Paludina orientalis I. Lea, 1866
Paludina dispiralis Heude, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Paludina fantozatiana Heude, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Paludina heudei Ping, 1938 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Paludina quadrata var. heudei...)
of Paludina quadrata var. heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905
Paludina lapidea Heude, 1889 · unaccepted
Paludina lapillorum Heude, 1890 · unaccepted
Paludina orientalis I. Lea, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Paludina purificata Heude, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paludina pyrificata Heude, 1890 · unaccepted (error for Paludina purificata...)
error for Paludina purificata Heude, 1890
Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842 · unaccepted (original combination)
Paludina quadrata var. heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sinotaia dispiralis (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sinotaia lapidea (Heude, 1889) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sinotaia lapillorum (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sinotaia purificata (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sinotaia pyrificata (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted
Sinotaia turrita (Yen, 1939) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vivipara heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vivipara lapillorum (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted
Vivipara quadrata (W. H. Benson, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vivipara quadrata var. fantozatiana (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Vivipara quadrata var. purificata (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Viviparus ningkuoensis S.-F. Chen, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Viviparus pingi S.-F. Chen, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Viviparus quadratus (W. H. Benson, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Viviparus quadratus aeruginosus (Reeve, 1863) · unaccepted (superseded rank and combination)
Viviparus quadratus dispiralis (Heude, 1890) · unaccepted (superseded rank and combination)
Viviparus quadratus grahami S.-F. Chen, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Viviparus quadratus turritus Yen, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Viviparus suifuensis S.-F. Chen, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842) Benson, W. H. (1842). Mollusca. in: T. Cantor, General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(60): 486-490., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684698
page(s): 487 [details]
page(s): 487 [details]
Note China, Chusan
Type locality China, Chusan [details]
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original description
(of Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842) Benson, W. H. (1842). Mollusca. in: T. Cantor, General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(60): 486-490., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684698
page(s): 487 [details]
original description (of Viviparus suifuensis S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 64, pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Viviparus pingi S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 64-65, pl. 7, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Viviparus quadratus grahami S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 65-66, pl. 7, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Viviparus ningkuoensis S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 66; note: replacement name for Paludina heudei Ping, 1938, not Paludina quadrata var. heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905 [details]
original description (of Paludina quadrata var. heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1905). Liste des Mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 53(2): 85-234, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292495
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Paludina lapillorum Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 177, pl. 40, fig. 11, 11a [details]
original description (of Paludina dispiralis Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 175, pl. 39, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Paludina purificata Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 176, pl. 40, fig. 4, 4a [details]
original description (of Paludina fantozatiana Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 176, pl. 40, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Paludina lapidea Heude, 1889) Heude, P.M. (1889-1890). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum in Sinis collectorum. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 40-50 [2 May 1889]; 37(3): 225-229 [27 January 1890]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015383; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015587
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Bithinia viviparoides Hsü, 1936 †) Hsü, S.C. (1936). Gastropods from the Siashu Formation. <em>Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B.</em> 4(3): 1-50.
page(s): 32-33, pl. 2, figs 19a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Paludina chinensis I. Lea, 1856) Lea I. (1856). Description of thirteen new species of exotic Peristomata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(3): 109-111 [after 24 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935163
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Paludina orientalis I. Lea, 1866) Lea, I. (1866). New Unionidae, Melanidae, etc., chiefly of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(2): 113-187, pls 22-24 ["September 1867"; author copies printed December 1866]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35216809
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Paludina heudei Ping, 1938) Ping C. (1938). On some new gastropods from Anhui. <em>Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Zoological Series.</em> 13(1): 1-8.
page(s): 2, pl. I, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paludina aeruginosa Reeve, 1863) Reeve, L. A. (1862-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Paludina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-4, Jun. 1862; 5-8, Feb. 1863; 1, 9-11, Apr. 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10971825
page(s): pl. 7, fig. 41 [details]
original description (of Viviparus quadratus turritus Yen, 1939) Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 444: 1-233, pls 1-16.
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Qian Z.-X., Fang Y.-F. & He J. (2014). A conchological review of Bellamyinae (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) of China. <em>Shell Discoveries.</em> 1(3): 3-12. [details]
page(s): 487 [details]
original description (of Viviparus suifuensis S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 64, pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Viviparus pingi S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 64-65, pl. 7, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Viviparus quadratus grahami S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 65-66, pl. 7, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Viviparus ningkuoensis S.-F. Chen, 1945) Chen, S.-F. (1945). Two new species, one new subspecies and one new name of Chinese Viviparidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 63-66, pl. 7, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523560
page(s): 66; note: replacement name for Paludina heudei Ping, 1938, not Paludina quadrata var. heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905 [details]
original description (of Paludina quadrata var. heudei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1905). Liste des Mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 53(2): 85-234, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292495
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Paludina lapillorum Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 177, pl. 40, fig. 11, 11a [details]
original description (of Paludina dispiralis Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 175, pl. 39, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Paludina purificata Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 176, pl. 40, fig. 4, 4a [details]
original description (of Paludina fantozatiana Heude, 1890) Heude, P. M. (1882-1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. <em>Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.</em> 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21 [1882]; 1 (3): 89-132, pls. 22-32 [1885]; 1 (4): 125-188, pls. 33-43 [1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34061405
page(s): 176, pl. 40, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Paludina lapidea Heude, 1889) Heude, P.M. (1889-1890). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum in Sinis collectorum. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 40-50 [2 May 1889]; 37(3): 225-229 [27 January 1890]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015383; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015587
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Bithinia viviparoides Hsü, 1936 †) Hsü, S.C. (1936). Gastropods from the Siashu Formation. <em>Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B.</em> 4(3): 1-50.
page(s): 32-33, pl. 2, figs 19a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Paludina chinensis I. Lea, 1856) Lea I. (1856). Description of thirteen new species of exotic Peristomata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(3): 109-111 [after 24 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935163
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Paludina orientalis I. Lea, 1866) Lea, I. (1866). New Unionidae, Melanidae, etc., chiefly of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(2): 113-187, pls 22-24 ["September 1867"; author copies printed December 1866]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35216809
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Paludina heudei Ping, 1938) Ping C. (1938). On some new gastropods from Anhui. <em>Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Zoological Series.</em> 13(1): 1-8.
page(s): 2, pl. I, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Paludina aeruginosa Reeve, 1863) Reeve, L. A. (1862-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Paludina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-4, Jun. 1862; 5-8, Feb. 1863; 1, 9-11, Apr. 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10971825
page(s): pl. 7, fig. 41 [details]
original description (of Viviparus quadratus turritus Yen, 1939) Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 444: 1-233, pls 1-16.
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Qian Z.-X., Fang Y.-F. & He J. (2014). A conchological review of Bellamyinae (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) of China. <em>Shell Discoveries.</em> 1(3): 3-12. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality China, Chusan [details]
To Barcode of Life (134 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya lapidea (Heude, 1889))
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To Barcode of Life (89 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya purificata (Heude, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia aeruginosa) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia lapidea) (from synonym Sinotaia lapidea (Heude, 1889))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia lapillorum) (from synonym Sinotaia lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia purificata) (from synonym Sinotaia purificata (Heude, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia quadrata)
To GB Mollusca Types (Paludina quadrata Benson, 1842; Syntype(s); BELUM.Mn124180) (from synonym Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia lapidea (Heude, 1889))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Viviparus quadratus turritus Yen, 1939)
To GenBank (173 nucleotides; 162 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Bellamya lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To GenBank (228 nucleotides; 141 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia purificata (Heude, 1890))
To GenBank (4927 nucleotides; 279 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To GenBank (4927 nucleotides; 279 proteins) (from synonym Bellamya aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Viviparus quadratus dispiralis (Heude, 1890))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Paludina quadrata Benson, 1842; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2241640) (from synonym Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842)
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya lapidea (Heude, 1889))
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To Barcode of Life (89 barcodes) (from synonym Bellamya purificata (Heude, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia aeruginosa) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia lapidea) (from synonym Sinotaia lapidea (Heude, 1889))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia lapillorum) (from synonym Sinotaia lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia purificata) (from synonym Sinotaia purificata (Heude, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinotaia quadrata)
To GB Mollusca Types (Paludina quadrata Benson, 1842; Syntype(s); BELUM.Mn124180) (from synonym Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia lapidea (Heude, 1889))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Viviparus quadratus turritus Yen, 1939)
To GenBank (173 nucleotides; 162 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Bellamya lapillorum (Heude, 1890))
To GenBank (228 nucleotides; 141 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia purificata (Heude, 1890))
To GenBank (4927 nucleotides; 279 proteins) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To GenBank (4927 nucleotides; 279 proteins) (from synonym Bellamya aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Viviparus quadratus dispiralis (Heude, 1890))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Sinotaia aeruginosa (Reeve, 1863))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Paludina quadrata Benson, 1842; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2241640) (from synonym Paludina quadrata W. H. Benson, 1842)
