Abstract
Based on specimens collected from Lake Fuxian in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, China, we describe a new species of the genus Sinomytilus, Sinomytilus liuliwanqing sp. nov., all type specimens are deposited at Nanjing Normal University in Jiangsu Province, China. We provide a detailed morphological description of the species and molecular analysis based on partial mitochondrial COI supports its systematic position as a new taxon.
Publisher
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology