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Article

Diversity and Phylogenetics of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) from Southern Thailand with the Description of One New Genus and Five New Species-Group Taxa

by
Ekaterina S. Konopleva
1,*,
Vachira Lheknim
2,
Rujinard Sriwoon
2,
Alexander V. Kondakov
1,
Alena A. Tomilova
1,
Mikhail Y. Gofarov
1,
Ilya V. Vikhrev
1 and
Ivan N. Bolotov
1,*
1
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Prospect 20, 163020 Arkhangelsk, Russia
2
Division of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2023, 15(1), 10; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010010
Submission received: 6 November 2022 / Revised: 10 December 2022 / Accepted: 16 December 2022 / Published: 21 December 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
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Abstract

Southern Thailand represents a region of unique freshwater biodiversity with many endemic taxa, including a number of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae). In this study, we recognize 13 taxa in the tribes Contradentini, Rectidentini, Pseudodontini (subfamily Gonideinae), and Indochinellini (subfamily Parreysiinae) that inhabit different localities in the Songkhla Lake, Tapi River, and Tha Taphao River basins. Based on the results of morphological and phylogenetic analyses, we discovered among these mussels six taxa new to science, including one genus, three species, and two subspecies. New taxonomic names are introduced here as follows: Songkhlanaiagen. nov.; S. tamodienicagen. & sp. nov.; Sundadontina plugpomenicasp. nov.; Monodontina vondembuschiana tapienicassp. nov.; M. vondembuschiana thasaenicassp. nov. (Pseudodontini); and Trapezoideus thachiadensissp. nov. (Contradentini). These new taxa confirm the high conservation priority of the Southern Thai freshwater mussel fauna.
Keywords: freshwater mussel fauna; new taxa; phylogenetics; Southern Thailand; Unionidae freshwater mussel fauna; new taxa; phylogenetics; Southern Thailand; Unionidae
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Konopleva, E.S.; Lheknim, V.; Sriwoon, R.; Kondakov, A.V.; Tomilova, A.A.; Gofarov, M.Y.; Vikhrev, I.V.; Bolotov, I.N. Diversity and Phylogenetics of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) from Southern Thailand with the Description of One New Genus and Five New Species-Group Taxa. Diversity 2023, 15, 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010010

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Konopleva ES, Lheknim V, Sriwoon R, Kondakov AV, Tomilova AA, Gofarov MY, Vikhrev IV, Bolotov IN. Diversity and Phylogenetics of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) from Southern Thailand with the Description of One New Genus and Five New Species-Group Taxa. Diversity. 2023; 15(1):10. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010010

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Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Vachira Lheknim, Rujinard Sriwoon, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ilya V. Vikhrev, and Ivan N. Bolotov. 2023. "Diversity and Phylogenetics of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) from Southern Thailand with the Description of One New Genus and Five New Species-Group Taxa" Diversity 15, no. 1: 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010010

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Konopleva, E. S., Lheknim, V., Sriwoon, R., Kondakov, A. V., Tomilova, A. A., Gofarov, M. Y., Vikhrev, I. V., & Bolotov, I. N. (2023). Diversity and Phylogenetics of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) from Southern Thailand with the Description of One New Genus and Five New Species-Group Taxa. Diversity, 15(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010010

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