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Unio guppyi E.A. Smith, 1885

E.A. Smith, 1885. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1885: 608, pl. 37, figs. 8-8b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_85-11-3-461, Solomon Islands.

Ctenodesma guppyi — Simpson (1900)
Ctenodesma (sec. Nesonaia) guppyi — Haas (1913)
Cristadens guppyi — Simpson (1914)
Leiovirgus guppyi — McMichael (1956)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi guppyi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)
Hyridella guppyi — Walker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi — Graf & Cummings (2007)

Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus McMichael, 1956

McMichael, 1956. Nautilus 70(2): 44, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958. Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 470, pl. 13, fig. 11.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio guppyi E.A. Smith, 1885)
Type(s): PARATYPE AMS_62203, Aipiana, St. Joseph R., New Guinea [-8.417, 146.583 > ± 100 km].

Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus — McMichael (1956)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipiana — McMichael & Hiscock (1958)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipianus — Haas (1969)