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

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tribe HYRIDELLINI McMichael, 1956 (1934): syonymy
     6 genera

PROPEHYRIDELLINI Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 76-77.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 87.
Type genus: Propehyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932 = Hyridella

CUCUMERUNIINI Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 77.
(name corrected to Cucumerunionidae Iredale, 1934)
Type genus: Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934 = Cucumerunio

CUCUMERUNIONINI Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 77 [as ‘Cucumerunionae’].
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 184.
(correct name for Cucumeruniodae Iredale, 1934)
Type genus: Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934 = Cucumerunio

HYRIDELLINI McMichael, 1956
McMichael, 1956. Nautilus 70(2): 42.
McMichael, 1958. Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 85: 427.
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958. Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 435.
Type genus: Hyridella Swainson, 1840 = Hyridella

 
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