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

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Bivalvia | ... | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyriini | Prisodon

species Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817: synonymy
     156 specimens

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 139, pl. 11, fig. 2.

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Prisodon obliquusF. Baker (1913), Haas (1916), Haas (1931), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Haas (1969), ... Guerra et al. (2019), Mansur et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)

Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 82, sp. 1, var. [a]. [in part]
Type(s): UNKNOWN MNHN_MPL_0019, La variété [b] vient du cabinet de Lisbonne. Je la crois du Brésil . The [b] variety comes from the cabinet of Lisbon. Brazil I think]. “Figured holotype is in the Geneva Museum (Johnson 1952:65).

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1916), Haas (1969), Simone (2006)
Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic]Ramírez et al. (2003)

Hyria intermedia Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.

Diplodon furcatum Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: pl. 27, figs. 1-2.

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1916), Haas (1969), Simone (2006)

Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827
Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 35, pl. 27, figs. 1-2.

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1969), Simone (2006)

Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138 [as ‘elongatum’]. [nomen nudum]
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 380. [nomen nudum]
Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 29, pl. 24.

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1916), Haas (1969), Simone (2006)

Unio macropterus Dunker, 1846
Dunker, 1846. Z. Malak. 3: 109.

Diplodon macropterusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Physunio (s.s.) superbusHaas (1920), Haas (1969)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1931), Parodiz (1968), Simone (2006), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974)

Hyria castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 81, pl. 16, fig. 1.

Prisodon (s.s.) castelnaudiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon obliquus castelnaui [sic]Ihering (1910)
Prisodon castelnaudiOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Simone (2006)

Unio ortonii Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 321, pl. 52, fig. 134.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_703563, River Napo, Ecuador.

Prisodon (Hyriana) ortoniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon obliquusHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Simone (2006), Breure et al. (2022)

Hyria recta Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 5, sp. 10.

Prisodon (s.s.) rectusSimpson (1900)
Prisodon (s.s.) rectaSimpson (1914)
Prisodon rectusMorretes (1949), Haas (1969)
Prisodon obliquusSimone (2006)

Diptodon [sic] fuscatum Lea, 1836
‘Spix’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 11.
(error for Diplodon furcatum Wagner, 1827)

Prisodon obliquus castelnaui Lea, 1870
‘Hupé’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25 [as ‘Hyria castelnauii’].
‘Hupé’ Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 135.
(error for Hyria castelnaudii Hupé, 1857)

Prisodon audatus Simone, 2006
‘Wagner’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 251.
(error for Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827)

Prisodon obliquusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Diplodon macropterusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon (s.s.) castelnaudiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon (Hyriana) ortoniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Prisodon (s.s.) rectusSimpson (1900)
Prisodon obliquus castelnaui [sic]Ihering (1910)
Prisodon obliquusF. Baker (1913), Haas (1916), Haas (1931), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Parodiz (1968), ... Guerra et al. (2019), Mansur et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Prisodon (s.s.) rectaSimpson (1914)
Physunio (s.s.) superbusHaas (1920), Haas (1969)
Prisodon castelnaudiOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Prisodon rectusMorretes (1949), Haas (1969)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974)
Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic]Ramírez et al. (2003)

 
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