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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Ptychorhynchus murinum

nominal species Unio compressus Heude, 1877

Heude, 1877, Conch. Fluv. Nanking (3): pl. 24, fig. 52.
(homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829; renamed Unio douglasiae subpressus Heude, 1885; renamed Ptychorhynchus incertus Simpson, 1900)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3388, Ngan Noue, Chine.

= Ptychorhynchus murinum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — He & Zhuang, 2013
+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — Haas, 1969
+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — Haas, 1924
+ Ptychorhynchus murinum (Heude, 1883) — Simpson, 1914
+ Ptychorhynchus murinus (Heude, 1883) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio douglasiae var. subpressus Heude — Heude, 1885
= Unio compressus Heude — Heude, 1877

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