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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ptychobranchus

species Ptychobranchus subtentus (Say, 1825): synonymy

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Unio subtentus Say, 1825

Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 130.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 2: pl. 15.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 118.

Medionidus subtentusSimpson (1900)
Ptychobranchus subtentusOrtmann (1912), Thiele (1934), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Ptychobranchus subtentumSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Roe (2013), Jones (2015), Huang et al. (2019)
Unio subteritus [sic]de Gregorio (1914)
Ellipsaria subtentaOrtmann (1918)
Ptychobranchus (Subtentus) subtentumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Ptychobranchus (Subtentus) subtentusHaas (1969)

Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatus de Gregorio, 1914

de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 61, pl. 9, figs. 2a-d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio subtentus Say, 1825)

Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus subtentumParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio subteritus de Gregorio, 1914

‘Say’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 61.
(error for Unio subtentus Say, 1825)

Unio subtontus de Gregorio, 1914

‘Say’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: pl. 9, caption.
(error for Unio subtentus Say, 1825)

Unio subtontus [sic] var. puchreornatus de Gregorio, 1914

de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: pl. 9, caption.
(error for Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatus de Gregorio, 1914)

Unio subteritus [sic] var. purcheornatus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 204.
‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 629.
(error for Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatus de Gregorio, 1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Medionidus subtentusSimpson (1900)
Ptychobranchus subtentusOrtmann (1912), Thiele (1934), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Ptychobranchus subtentumSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Roe (2013), Jones (2015), Huang et al. (2019)
Unio subteritus [sic]de Gregorio (1914)
Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatusde Gregorio (1914)
Ellipsaria subtentaOrtmann (1918)
Ptychobranchus (Subtentus) subtentumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Ptychobranchus (Subtentus) subtentusHaas (1969)

 
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