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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Ptychorhynchus

species Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Ptychorhynchus pfisteriGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), Xiong et al. (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), ... Dai et al. (2024), Zhang et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Ptychorhynchus ptisteri [sic]Sano et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2018)

Range

Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow) river, China, south into Vietnam.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

MUSSELp Specimen Records


China

image of lot UMMZ_110526
UMMZ_110526

canal at Wau, 100 mi upriver from Nanking, China

image of lot UMMZ_41013
UMMZ_41013

canal at Wau, China

image of lot MNHN_MP_3426
MNHN_MP_3426

Chine

image of lot MNHN_MP_3426
MNHN_MP_3426

Chine

image of lot USNM_472403
USNM_472403

Lu-tcheou-fou, China

image of lot MNHN_MP_3396
MNHN_MP_3396

Riviere de Nanking, Chine Central

image of lot MNHN_MP_3396
MNHN_MP_3396

Riviere de Nanking, Chine Central

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.