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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 plagiosoma (Benson, 1862): synonymy
     9 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Unio plagiosoma Benson, 1862
Benson, 1862. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 191.
Type(s): UNKNOWN BMNH_MP_432, Bengal [from type].

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. plagiosomaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens plagiosomaSubba Rao (1989), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens plagiosomaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio tennentii Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 108, pl. 24, figs. 1-3 [as ‘Mya corrugata’].
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 22, pl. 45, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1907-12-30-56, British India.

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022)

Parreysia corrugata Bolotov et al., 2017
‘Müller’ of Authors.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Parreysia corrugata sp. 3’].
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1. [in part]
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4 [as ‘Parreysia corrugata sp. 3’].
Imsong & Murali, 2023. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 44(20): Table 1.

Parreysia favidens Pfeiffer et al., 2018
‘Benson’ of Authors.
Pfeiffer et al., 2018. J. Moll. Studies 84(4): Table 1.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1 [as ‘Parreysia favidens sp. 1’].

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. plagiosomaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia (s.s.) corrugataSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Parreysia corrugataHaas (1969)
Parreysia (s.s.) favidens plagiosomaSubba Rao (1989), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens plagiosomaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022)

 
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