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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyriini | Prisodon syrmatophorus

nominal species Hyria alata Sowerby, 1869

image of type lot

Hyria alata Sowerby, 1869 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 5, sp. 13.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] BMNH_1849-6-1-2 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 79), Guayana.

= Prisodon syrmatophorus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Prisodon alatusSoliman et al., 2016

+ Paxyodon syrmatophorus (Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781) — Simone, 2006

= Prisodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Haas, 1969

= Paxyodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Haas, 1969

= Prisodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Morretes, 1949

= Prisodon alatus (Sowerby) — Haas, 1949

= Prisodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Haas, 1931

= Prisodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Ortmann, 1921

= Prisodon (s.s.) alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Simpson, 1914

= Prisodon (s.s.) alatus (Sowerby, 1869) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Triquetra) subviridis (Klein) — Lea, 1870

= Hyria alata Sowerby, 1869 — Sowerby, 1869

 
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