original description(ofSymphynota 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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630 page(s): 98-99, pl. 11, fig. 19 [details]
original description(ofUnio 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 athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36862123 page(s): 246 [details]
basis of recordBolotov, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05257-0[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceJaeckel, 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Distribution Ganges and Krishna basins, India and Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indus Basin in Pakistan [details] Type locality India, Bengal, rice fields [details]