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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Parreysiini | Parreysia

species Parreysia smaragdites (Benson, 1862): synonymy
     9 specimens

Unio smaragdites Benson, 1862
Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 190.

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) smaragditesPreston (1912), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia smaragditesPrashad (1922), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio corrugatus var. fragilis Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968651, [no locality available - Asia].

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. fragilisPreston (1912), Preston (1915)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia smaragditesBolotov et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) smaragditesPreston (1912), Preston (1915), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. fragilisPreston (1912), Preston (1915)
Parreysia smaragditesPrashad (1922), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) corrugataBolotov et al. (2022)

 
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