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

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species Hyridella misoolensis (Schepman, 1897): synonymy
     5 specimens

Unio misoolensis Schepman, 1897
Schepman, 1897. Notes Leyden Mus. 18: 259, text fig.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE RNHL_UNIO_7A (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 458), Misool, Dutch new Guinea.

Virgus misoolensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Virgus (sec. Leiovirgus) misoolensisHaas (1912), Thiele (1934)
Virgus (Leiovirgus) misoolensisHaas (1924), Haas (1969)
Leiovirgus misoolensisMcMichael (1956)
Hyridella (s.s.) misoolensisMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyridella misoolensisWalker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)

Virgus lorentzi Schepman, 1919
Schepman, 1919. Nova Guinea, Zool. 13: 186, pl. 7, fig. 2.

Virgus lorentziSchepman (1919)
Ctenodesma (Nesonaia) lorentziHaas (1924)
Leiovirgus lorentziMcMichael (1956)
Hyridella (s.s.) misoolensisMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Virgus misoolensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Virgus (sec. Leiovirgus) misoolensisHaas (1912), Thiele (1934)
Virgus lorentziSchepman (1919)
Virgus (Leiovirgus) misoolensisHaas (1924), Haas (1969)
Ctenodesma (Nesonaia) lorentziHaas (1924)
Leiovirgus misoolensisMcMichael (1956)
Leiovirgus lorentziMcMichael (1956)
Hyridella (s.s.) misoolensisMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyridella misoolensisWalker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)

 
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