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Data last updated
Wed 04 February 2026

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

nominal species Ptychorhynchus ptisteri Sano et al., 2017

Ptychorhynchus ptisteri Sano et al., 2017 = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Sano et al., 2017. J. Wat. Res. Prot. 9: 498.
Wang et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 11: 140.
(error for Unio pfisteri Heude, 1874)

= Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

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