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

nominal species Unio mediastinus Heude, 1883

Unio mediastinus Heude, 1883 = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

specimen image from publicationHeude, 1883. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (8): pl. 63, fig. 123.

= Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

= Ptychorhynchus pfisteri var. mediastinum (Heude, 1883) — Simpson, 1914

= Ptychorhynchus mediastinus (Heude, 1883) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio mediastinus Heude — Heude, 1883

 
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