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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria pertexta

nominal species Quaesithyria wardi Iredale, 1943

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Quaesithyria wardi Iredale, 1943 = Alathyria pertexta

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61767 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 418), Einasleigh River, Queensland, Australia [-18.512, 144.102 ± 100 km].

= Alathyria pertexta

Taxonomic Opinions

= Alathyria pertexta wardi (Iredale, 1943) — B.J. Smith, 1992

= Alathyria pertexta wardi (Iredale, 1943) — Haas, 1969

= Alathyria pertexta wardi (Iredale, 1943) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

= Quaesithyria wardi sp. nov. — Iredale, 1943

 
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