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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | Hyriopsis bialata

nominal species Unio delphinus Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Unio delphinus Lea, 1840 = Hyriopsis bialata

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 218, pl. 17, fig. 35.
(homonym of Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83910, New Holland.

= Hyriopsis bialata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900 — Pfeiffer et al., 2021

+ Unio delphinopterus Dautzenberg & Fischer, nom. subst. — Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

+ Hyriopsis (s.s.) bialatus Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900

 
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