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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Ptychorhynchus murinum

nominal species Unio compressus Heude, 1877

image of type lot

Unio compressus Heude, 1877 = Ptychorhynchus murinum

specimen image from publicationHeude, 1877. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (3): pl. 24, fig. 52.
(renamed Ptychorhynchus incertus Simpson, 1900; homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829; renamed Unio douglasiae subpressus Heude, 1885)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3388, Ngan Noue, Chine.

= Ptychorhynchus murinum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — Haas, 1969

+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — Haas, 1924

+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — Simpson, 1914

+ Ptychorhynchus murinus (Heude, 1883) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio douglasiae var. subpressus Heude — Heude, 1885

= Unio compressus Heude — Heude, 1877

 
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