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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini

genus Ptychorhynchus Simpson, 1900: synonymy
     5 Recent valid species (5 total species)

Ptychorhynchus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 850.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1144.
Type species: Unio pfisteri Heude, 1874 (orig. desig.) = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Heudeana Frierson, 1922
Frierson, 1922. Nautilus 36: 43.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Margaritana Schumacher, 1817)
Type species: Unio murinus Heude, 1883 (original designation) = Ptychorhynchus murinum

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

PtychorhynchusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Zhang et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Parreysia (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyriopsis (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.)Haas (1911), Simpson (1914)
PseudodonSimpson (1914), Bogan (2010), He & Zhuang (2013), Zieritz et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pseudodon (s.s.)Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
HeudeanaModell (1942), Haas (1969), Prozorova et al. (2005)
UnioHaas (1969), Liu et al. (1979), Hu (2005)
Middendorffinaia (Pseudopotomida)Moskvicheva & Starobogatov (1973)
NodulariaProzorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
NasusProzorova et al. (2005)
PseudobaphiaProzorova et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
HyriopsisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
LamellidensHe & Zhuang (2013), Bogan & Do (2018), Zieritz et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2020)

 
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