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

nominal species Unio pfisteri var. insperatus Heude, 1877

image of type lot

Unio pfisteri var. insperatus Heude, 1877 = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

specimen image from publicationHeude, 1877. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (2): pl. 14, fig. 28.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pfisteri Heude, 1874)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3426, Chine.

= Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Ptychorhynchus pfisteri Heude, 1874 — IUCN, 2012

+ Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874) — Haas, 1969

+ Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874) — Haas, 1924

= Ptychorhynchus pfisteri var. inspiratum [sic] (Heude, 1877) — Simpson, 1914

= Ptychorhynchus pfisteri var. inspiratus [sic] (Heude, 1877) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio pfisteri var. insperatus Heude — Heude, 1877

 
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