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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Parreysiini | Parreysia

species Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774): synonymy

252 specimens + 32 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Mya corrugata Müller, 1774

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 214, sp. 398.
Müller, 1779. Besch. Ges. Nat. Ber. 4: 56, pl. 3b, figs. 7-8.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 31, pl. 3, figs. 22a-b.

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia corrugataOrtmann (1910), Modell (1942), Haas (1969), Janaki Ram & Radhakrishna (1984), Graf (2000), ... Bieler (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Lyubas et al. (2022), Imsong & Murali (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia cf. corrugataBolotov et al. (2017)
Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 3Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791

Schröter, 1783. Einl. Conch. 2: 617, sp. 9, pl. 7, fig. 5. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 16.

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Mya gaditana Schreibers, 1793

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 3, fig. 22.
Schreibers, 1793. Versuch Conch. Linnes: 6, sp. 14.

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio spuria Lamarck, 1819

Schröter, 1783. Einl. Conch. 2: 617, sp. 9, pl. 7, fig. 5. [non-binomial]
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 80, sp. 45.
(reference to Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791)

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1915)

Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840

specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6.
‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b [as ‘Unio corrugata’]. [in part]
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379.

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Unio fulmineus Philippi, 1847

specimen image from publication‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1847. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 46, pl. 3, figs. 5-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPES? BMNH_41-4-18-135-138, Australia [No - SE Asia].

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847

specimen image from publication‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1847. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 46, pl. 3, fig. 4.

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Thiele (1934), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Unio semirugatus Chenu, 1858

Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 12, figs. 2-2a.
(homonym of Unio semirugata Lamarck, 1819)

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)

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Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 251, pl. 39, fig. 131.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965177, Sikkim, India.

Parreysia (s.s.) sikkimensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia sikkimensisHaas (1969), Nesemann et al. (2003), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

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Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 331.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 271, pl. 45, fig. 151.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85328, Wynegunga R., Deccan, India.

Parreysia (s.s.) wynegungaensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia wynegungaensisOrtmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Nazneen & Begum (1994)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata nagpoorensisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (Radiatula) wynegungaensisBurdi et al. (2009)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

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Unio favidens Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 188.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1965215, Assam.

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreyssia [sic] favidensPrashad (1919)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969), Nesemann et al. (2003), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia favidens favidensNesemann et al. (2007)
Parreysia cf. favidens sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia cf. favidens sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio laevirostris Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 191.

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. laevirostrisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata laevirostrisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia corrugata laevirostrisNesemann et al. (2003), Nesemann et al. (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata sub sp. laevirostrisRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio favidens var. chrysis Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. chrysisPreston (1912), Preston (1915), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens chrysisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia favidens chrysisNesemann et al. (2007), IUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio favidens var. deltae Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 189 [as ‘deltæ’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. deltaePreston (1912), Preston (1915)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens deltaeSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens subsp. deltaeRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens deltaeNesemann et al. (2007), IUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio favidens var. densa Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. densaPreston (1915)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia favidens densaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio favidens var. trigona Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 188.
(homonym of Unio trigonus Lea, 1831; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. trigonaPreston (1915)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia favidens trigonaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio favidens var. viridula Benson, 1862

Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. irridula [sic]Preston (1912)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. viridulaPreston (1915)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens viridulaSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia viridulaNesemann et al. (2003), Nesemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens subsp. viridulaRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens viridulaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

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Unio tripartitus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 190.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 57 [61], pl. 19, fig. 55.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84397, India.

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. tripartitusSimpson (1914)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio flavidens ‘Benson’ of Authors

‘Benson’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 26, sp. 131; errata [changed to ‘favidens’].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 152.
(error for Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Preston (1915)

Unio corrugatus var. solida Hanley & Theobald, 1872

specimen image from publicationHanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio solidus Lea, 1838; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)

Unio feddeni Theobald, 1873

specimen image from publicationTheobald, 1873. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 42: 208, pl. 17, fig. 3.

Parreysia (s.s.) feddeniSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Parreysia feddeniPrashad (1922), Haas (1969), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Leoparreysia feddeniBolotov et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio phayresi ‘Theobald’ of Authors

‘Theobald’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 842.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1107.
Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 155.
(intro'd as syn of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)

Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797

specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6.
‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b. [in part]
(reference to Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912)

Mya spuria Wood, 1825

specimen image from publication‘Gmelin’ Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 35.
(reference to Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)

Unio triradiata Lea, 1836

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
(intro'd as syn of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Mya gardiana Lea, 1852

‘Lin. Schreib.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
(intro'd as syn of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Unio flavus Küster, 1861

‘Benson’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 233.
(intro'd as syn of Unio merodabensis ‘von dem Busch in lit.’ Küster, 1861)

Unio wynegungensis Sowerby, 1868

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 339.
(error for Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860)

Parreysia (s.s.) wynegungaensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912)

Unio wynegungaensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872

specimen image from publicationHanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 6.
(reference to Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860)

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) wynegungaensisPreston (1912)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. irridula Preston, 1912

‘Benson’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 299.
(error for Unio favidens var. viridula Benson, 1862)

Strophitus undulatus Shafiullah et al., 2017

Shafiullah et al., 2017. JBES 10(6): 323.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Parreysia corrugataBolotov et al. (2024)

Parreysia favidens Bolotov et al., 2020

‘Benson’ Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1 [as ‘Pareysia favidens sp. 2’].
(reference to Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) sikkimensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) wynegungaensisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. laevirostrisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) feddeniSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Parreysia corrugataOrtmann (1910), Modell (1942), Haas (1969), Janaki Ram & Radhakrishna (1984), Graf (2000), ... Bieler (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Lyubas et al. (2022), Imsong & Murali (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia wynegungaensisOrtmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Nazneen & Begum (1994)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. chrysisPreston (1912), Preston (1915), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. deltaePreston (1912), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. irridula [sic]Preston (1912)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. tripartitusSimpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. densaPreston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. trigonaPreston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. viridulaPreston (1915)
Parreyssia [sic] favidensPrashad (1919)
Parreysia feddeniPrashad (1922), Haas (1969), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)
Parreysia sikkimensisHaas (1969), Nesemann et al. (2003), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969), Nesemann et al. (2003), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata nagpoorensisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata laevirostrisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens chrysisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens deltaeSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens viridulaSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia corrugata laevirostrisNesemann et al. (2003), Nesemann et al. (2007)
Parreysia viridulaNesemann et al. (2003), Nesemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia favidens favidensNesemann et al. (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata sub sp. laevirostrisRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens chrysisNesemann et al. (2007), IUCN (2011)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens subsp. deltaeRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens deltaeNesemann et al. (2007), IUCN (2011)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens subsp. viridulaRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (Radiatula) wynegungaensisBurdi et al. (2009)
Parreysia favidens densaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia favidens trigonaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia favidens viridulaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia cf. corrugataBolotov et al. (2017)
Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia cf. corrugata sp. 3Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020)
Leoparreysia feddeniBolotov et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia cf. favidens sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia cf. favidens sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2020)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

 
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