MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Unio rajahensis I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [fifty-seven new species]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(17): 30-34 [7 May 1841]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521454 page(s): 30 [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]
From editor or global species database
Distribution West-Central India, Narmada Basin [details]
Type locality Rajah’s Tank, Calcutta, India [most likely inaccurate; the type shell was probably collected somewhere in the Narmada River basin, e.g. from Maharaja’s Tank in Jabalpur [details]
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