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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774): synonymy
     252 specimens + 32 Genbank vouchers

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.
Martini & 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
Martini & 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.

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

Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840
Bruguière, 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.

Unio fulmineus Philippi, 1847
‘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)
Iredale (1934)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847
‘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)
Iredale (1934)
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.

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

Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151.
Lea, 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)

Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 331.
Lea, 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)
Haas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata nagpoorensisSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (Radiatula) wynegungaensisBurdi et al. (2009)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

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.

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’].

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.

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.

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.

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)

Unio tripartitus Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 190.
Lea, 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 Reeve, 1865
‘Benson’ of Authors.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 26, sp. 131; errata [changed to ‘favidens’].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 152.

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

Unio corrugatus var. solida Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 2.

Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)

Unio feddeni Theobald, 1873
Theobald, 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 Simpson, 1900
‘Theobald’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 842.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1107.
Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 155.

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

Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6.
‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b. [in part]

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

Mya spuria Wood, 1825
‘Gmelin’ Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 35.

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

Unio triradiata Lea, 1836
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.

Mya gardiana Lea, 1852
‘Lin. Schreib.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.

Unio flavus Küster, 1861
‘Benson’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 233.

Unio wynegungensis Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 339.

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

Unio wynegungaensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 6.

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

Unio gowlattensis Paetel, 1890
‘Theob.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 154.

Parreysia (s.s.) gowhattenensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) gowhattensisSimpson (1914), Preston (1915)

Parreysia gowhattenensis Simpson, 1900
‘Theobald’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 845.

Parreysia (s.s.) gowhattensisPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. irridula Preston, 1912
‘Benson’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 299.

Strophitus undulatus Shafiullah et al., 2017
Shafiullah et al., 2017. JBES 10(6): 323.

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’].

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 (s.s.) gowhattenensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
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.) gowhattensisPreston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
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)
Iredale (1934), Haas (1969)
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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