Lens fultoni (Haas, 1930)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Contradens semmelinki fultoni Haas, 1930 (basionym); Contradens fultoni (Haas, 1930)

See Graf & Cummings (2025) for a more complete taxonomic history.

Conservation Status

Missing (Do et al., 2018)

Last record: early 1970s (Do et al., 2018)

Distribution

Việt Nam (Vietnam)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Haas, F. (1930). Beiträge zur Kenntnis ostasiatischer Najaden. Senckenbergiana 12(1): 1-13.

Other references:

Dang, N. T., Thai, T. B. and Pham, V. M. (1980). Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates of North Vientnam [Ðinh loai dong vat khong xu’o’ng song nu’oc ngot Bac Viet Nam]. 573 pp.

Do, Van Tu et al. (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. (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.

Graf, Daniel L. and Cummings, Kevin S. (2025). The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). MUSSEL Project Web Site, https://www.mussel-project.net/. Accessed 28 June 2025.

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

Lopes-Lima, M., Froufe, E., Do, V. T., Ghamizi, M., Mock, K. E. et al. (2017). Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 174-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.021

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lens fultoni (F. Haas, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598584 on 2025-06-28

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