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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

nominal species Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845

Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 163.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 81, pl. 8, fig. 23.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84474, Holston R., Tenn.

= Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Ptychobranchus phaseolus (Hildreth, 1828) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio compressissimus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

+ Ptychobranchus phaseolus (Hildreth, 1828) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio compressissimus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio compressissimus Lea — Lewis, 1871

= Margaron (Unio) compressissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio (Lampsilis) compressissimus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) compressissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1852