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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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

species Parreysia plagiosoma (Benson, 1862): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (4 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens plagiosomaRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia favidens plagiosomaIUCN (2011)
Parreysia (corrugata-group) plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Parreysia plagiosomaBolotov et al. (2022)

Range

Ganges and Vaghotan rivers, India.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


India

specimen
BMNH_618-06-1-1

7 tanks, Calcutta

specimen
BMNH_88-12-4-1713

7 Tanks, Calcutta

specimen
BMNH_MP_432

Bengal [from type]

specimen
UMMZ_110291

Birbhoom India

specimen
BMNH_1907-12-30-56

British India

specimen
USNM_58102

India

specimen
UMMZ_110290

Rajpootana, India


Pakistan

specimen
USNM_605734

Manchar Lake, Sind, Pakistan

specimen
USNM_605734

Manchar Lake, Sind, Pakistan


Sri Lanka

specimen
BMNH_MP_D215

Kala Oya, Ceylon

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


India

Mp_3761_RNBI17. (COI: JQ861240, go to Genbank) India: Digas, Peethdhaval River, 16.104°N, 73.719°E, Western Ghat, Maharashtra.

Mp_3761_RNBI18. (COI: JQ861239, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_RNBI15. (COI: JQ861242, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_RNBI16. (COI: JQ861241, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_3764_RNBI12. (COI: JQ861238, go to Genbank) India: Suk River, 16.5619°N, 73.6690°E, Vaghotan River basin, Western Ghats, Maharashtra.