Aculamprotula nodulosa (Wood, 1815)

Trai Cóc Tròn, Trai Cóc Bầu Dục (as L. liedtkei)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Quadrula nodulosa Wood, 1815; Lamprotula nodulosa Wood, 1815; Unio (Quadrula) liedtkei Rolle, 1904; Quadrula (Lamprotula) liedtkei (Rolle, 1904); Lamprotula liedtkei (Rolle, 1904)

Conservation Status

Missing (Do, 2011a, 2013a, 2020a; Cowie et al., 2017)

Last record: 1990 or before (Do, 2011a, 2013a, 2020a)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Yangtze River, southern China and northern Vietnam

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl.

Other references:

Bogan, Arthur E. (1993). Freshwater bivalve extinctions (Mollusca: Unionoida): A search for causes. American Zoologist 33(6): 599-609. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/33.6.599

Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.

Ðặng, N. T., Thai, T. B. and Phạm, V. M. (1980). Ðịnh loại động vật không xương sống nước ngọt Bắc Việt Nam [Classification of the fresh water invertebrate in Viet Nam]. Nhà Xuất bản Khoa học và Kỹ thuật [Science Publishing House], Ha Noi.

Do, V. (2011a). Lamprotula nodulosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T171845A6806783. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T171845A6806783.en. Accessed on 04 July 2025.

Do, V. (2011b). Lamprotula liedtkei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T171844A6806616. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T171844A6806616.en. Accessed on 04 July 2025.

Do, V. (2013a). Lamprotula nodulosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T171845A6806783. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T171845A6806783.en. Downloaded on 25 December 2015.

Do, V. (2013b). Lamprotula liedtkei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T171844A6806616. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T171844A6806616.en. Downloaded on 25 December 2015.

Do, V. (2020a). Lamprotula nodulosa (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T171845A176539360. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T171845A176539360.en. Accessed on 10 July 2022.

Do, V. (2020b). Lamprotula liedtkei (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T171844A176539094. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T171844A176539094.en. Accessed on 04 July 2025.

Do, T. V., Tuan, L. Q. and Bogan, Arthur E. (2018). Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) of Vietnam: Diversity, distribution, and conservation status. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 21: 1-18.

Graf, Daniel L. and Cummings, Kevin S. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(4): 291-314. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym029

Graf, Daniel L. and Cummings, Kevin S. (2021). A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87(1): eyaa034.

Haas, F. (1969). Superfamilia Unionacea. Das Tierreich 88: x, 1-663. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin.

McMahon, R. F. and Bogan, A. E. (2001). Mollusca: Bivalvia, pp. 331-430. In: Thorp, J. H. and Covich, A. P. (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aculamprotula nodulosa (W. Wood, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251076 on 2025-07-04

Rolle, H. (1904). Drei neue Najaden aus Tonkin. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 36(1): 25-26.

Simpson, Charles Torrey. (1914). A descriptive catalogue of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Parts I-III. Detroit, Michigan: Bryant Walker. 1540 pp.

Zieritz, A., Bogan, A. E., Froufe, E., Klishko, O., Kondo, T., Kovitvadhi, U., Kovitvadhi, S., Lee, J. H., Lopes-Lima, M., Pfeiffer, J. M., Sousa, R., Van Do, T., Vikhrev, I. and Zanatta, D. T. (2018). Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia. Hydrobiologia 810(1): 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3104-8

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