MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Virgus
species Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio (Diplodon) beccarianus Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Tapparone Canefri, 1883. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 19: 291, pl. 11, fig.2.
Type(s): TYPE MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE, GENOA, ITALY, Fly River, Papua, New Guinea.
Virgus beccarianus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Virgus (s.s.) beccarianus — Haas (1912), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Unio (Diplodon) mattirolii Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Tapparone Canefri, 1883. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 19: 292, text fig. i.
Type(s): TYPE MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE, GENOA, ITALY, Fly River, Papua, New Guinea.
Virgus mattirolii — Simpson (1900)
Virgus (s.s.) mattirolii — Haas (1912)
Virgus mattiroli — Simpson (1914)
Virgus beccarianus — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Virgus beccarianus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Virgus mattirolii — Simpson (1900)
Virgus (s.s.) beccarianus — Haas (1912), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Virgus (s.s.) mattirolii — Haas (1912)
Virgus mattiroli — Simpson (1914)
