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

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Bivalvia | ... | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Psoronaias distincta

nominal species Unio distinctus Crosse & Fischer, 1893

Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 110.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 579, pl. 69, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1676, Rio Cosamaloapan, Mexique.

= Psoronaias distincta

Taxonomic Opinions

= Psoronaias distincta (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Psoronaias distincta (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Psoronaias distincta Crosse & Fischer, 1893 — Bogan, 2010

= Psoronaias distincta (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Psoronaias distincta (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) — Haas, 1969

= Psoronaias distinctus Cr. & F. — Haas, 1930

= Psoronaias distinctus (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) distinctus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Psoronaias) semigranosus var. distinctus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 — Martens, 1900

+ — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Psoronaias) distinctus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894
 
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