Modellnaia siamensis Brandt, 1974

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

A monotypic genus. 

Conservation Status

Missing (Pfeiffer et al., 2019)

Last record: 1974 (Pfeiffer et al., 2019)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Mun River, Thailand

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 105(1-4): 1-423, 30 pls.

Other references:

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 (36 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaa034

Heard, W. H. and Hanning, G. W. (1978). Anatomical features of Modellnaia siamensis (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Unionidae). Zoologica Scripta 7(1-4): 219-223. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00604.x

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modellnaia siamensis Brandt, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326221 on 2025-07-05

Pfeiffer, J., Bogan, Arthur E. and Lopes-Lima , M. (2019). Modellnaia siamensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T171851A98191660. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T171851A98191660.en. Accessed on 07 July 2022.

Zieritz, A., Bogan, A. E., Froufe, E., Klishko, O., Kondo, T. et al. (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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