MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Ptychorhynchus
species Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874): specimens
3 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Ptychorhynchus pfisteri — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), Xiong et al. (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), ... Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Ptychorhynchus ptisteri [sic] — Sano et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2018)
Range
Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow) river, China, south into Vietnam. (East Asia: AS4 AS5)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
China
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GenBank Vouchers
Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers
China
16_NCU_XPWU_SU125. (28S: MG595562, COI: MG463035, go to GenBank) China: Hunan, Xiangyin.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU126. (28S: MG595563, COI: MG463034, go to GenBank) China: Jiangxi, Gan River.
16_NCU_XPWU_SU127. (28S: MG595564, COI: MG463036, go to GenBank) ditto.
NCUBM_20180243. (COI: MG933729, ND1: MG933787, go to GenBank) Dongting Lake (Hunan Province, N: 28.87.65° - 29.23°; E: 112.62° - 113.00°), China.
NCUBM_20180244. (COI: MG933730, ND1: MG933788, go to GenBank) ditto.
Mp_2657_Ppf. (16S: AF389416, go to GenBank) Jiangxi, China.
SXNU_22110401 (XJ_01). (COI: PP079452, go to GenBank) Jinjiang River, Hunan Province (28.235193°N, 112.931420°E).
SXNU_22111505 (XJ_05). (COI: PP079453, go to GenBank) ditto.
SXNU_22111506 (XJ_06). (COI: PP079454, go to GenBank) ditto.
SXNU_22111507 (XJ_07). (COI: PP079455, go to GenBank) ditto.
GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced
