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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini

genus Ptychobranchus Simpson, 1900: synonymy

6 Recent freshwater species (8 total species)

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Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Ptychobranchus, since 1900.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) — Simpson (1900)
Medionidus — Simpson (1900)
Ptychobranchus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), ... Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hata et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Pleurobema (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Unio (s.s.) — Call (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) — Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Unio — de Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
Truncilla — Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Ellipsaria — Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) — Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Ptychobranchus (Subtentus) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis — Clench & Turner (1956), Athearn (1964), R.I. Johnson (1967)
Plagiola — Morrison (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Obliquaria — Burch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) — R.I. Johnson (1978)