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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Westralunio
species Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio (Bariosta ?) flyensis Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Tapparone Canefri, 1883. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 19: 293, text fig. l.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE, GENOA, ITALY, Fly River, Papua, New Guinea.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) flyensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Westralunio flyensis — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) flyensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Westralunio flyensis — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023)
