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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Pletholophus tenuis

nominal species Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834

Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834 = Pletholophus tenuis

Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 75 [187], pl. 11, fig. 33.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86358, China.

= Pletholophus tenuis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pletholophus tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — Dai et al., 2024

+ Pletholophus tenuis — Liu et al., 2022

+ Pletholophus tenuis (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020

+ Pletholophus tenuis (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — Do et al., 2018

+ Cristaria tenuis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Cristaria tenuis (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — IUCN, 2012

= Cristaria discoides [sic] — Xiong et al., 2012

= Cristaria discoidea Lea, 1834 — Bogan, 2010

= Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Graf, 2007

= Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Pletolophus [sic] sp. — Prozorova et al., 2005

= Cristaria discoides [sic] — Hu, 2005

= Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Sayenko et al., 2005

= Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Wu, 1982

= Pletholophus discoideus (Lea) — Dang et al., 1980

= Pletholophus discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Habe, 1977

= Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea) — Heard, 1977

= Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

= Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

= Pletholophus discoideus discoideus Lea, 1834 — Modell, 1945

= Cristaria (sec. Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea) — Thiele, 1934

= Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

= Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

= Cristaria discoidea Lea — Ihering, 1893

= Dipsas discoidea Lea, 1834 — Morlet, 1891

= Dipsas discoideus Lea — Fischer, 1891

= Margaron (Dipsas) discoideus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Sowerby, 1866

= Dipsas discoidea Lea — Küster, 1862

= Barbala discoidea (Lea) — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Margaron (Dipsas) discoideus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio discoideus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Dipsas) discoideus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Dipsas) discoideus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

= Symphynota discoidea — Jay, 1835