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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Hyridella guppyi

nominal species Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus McMichael, 1956

image of type lot

Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus McMichael, 1956 = Hyridella guppyi

McMichael, 1956. Nautilus 70(2): 44, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.
specimen image from publicationMcMichael & 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].

= Hyridella guppyi

Taxonomic Opinions

= Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipianus (McMichael, 1956) — Haas, 1969

= Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipiana (McMichael, 1956) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

= Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus ssp. nov. — McMichael, 1956

 
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