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

nominal species Unio occidentalis Conrad, 1836

Unio occidentalis Conrad, 1836 = Ptychobranchus occidentalis

Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(7): 64, pl. 36, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 253.
Type(s): TYPE LOST ANSP_UNKNOWN, Currant River, Arkansas.

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — FMCS, 2025

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — FMCS, 2021

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Williams et al., 2017

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Roe, 2013

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — ITIS, 2012

= Ptychobranchus occidentalisHaag, 2012

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — McMurray et al., 2012

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis Conrad, 1836 — Bogan, 2010

= Ptychobranchus occidentalisCummings & Graf, 2010

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — IUCN, 1996

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad) — Williams et al., 1993

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Vidrine, 1993

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Oesch, 1984

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Ptychobranchus occidentalisGordon et al., 1979

= Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Burch, 1975

= Ptychobranchus (s.s.) occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Haas, 1969

= Ptychobranchus (s.s.) occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Frierson, 1927

= Ptychobranchus occidentale (Conr.) — Ortmann, 1925

= Lampsilis (Eurynia) occidentalis (Conrad, 1836) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) occidentalis Conrad — Simpson, 1900

= Unio occidentalis Conrad, 1836 — Call, 1895

= Unio occidentalis Con. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) occidentalis (Con.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio (Niäa) occidentalis Conr. — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio occidentalis Con. — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) occidentalis (Con.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio occidentalis Conrad, 1836 — Conrad, 1836

 
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