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Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831
856875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856875)
accepted
Genus
Alasmodonta complanata Barnes, 1823 accepted as Pterosyna complanata (Barnes, 1823) (type by monotypy)
Pterosygna Rafinesque, 1831 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
feminine
Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the river Ohio and other rivers of the western states. Philadelphia, privately printed. Pp. 1-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035464
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856875 on 2025-06-30
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Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the river Ohio and other rivers of the western states. Philadelphia, privately printed. Pp. 1-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035464
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
status source Whelan, N. V., Johnson, N. A., Williams, A. S., Perkins, M. A., Beaver, C. E. & Mays, J. W. (2023). Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus <i>Alasmidonta</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 198(2): 650-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac106
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
status source Whelan, N. V., Johnson, N. A., Williams, A. S., Perkins, M. A., Beaver, C. E. & Mays, J. W. (2023). Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus <i>Alasmidonta</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 198(2): 650-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac106
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
[request]