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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Echyridella menziesii

nominal species Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850

Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295. [in part]
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 428. [in part]
Gould, 1856. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 37, 542a-b. [in part]
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_5927 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 462), N. Zealand.

= Echyridella menziesii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843) — Marshall et al., 2014

+ Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843) — Fenwick & Marshall, 2006

+ Hyridella menziesii — Marshall & Fenwick, 2006

+ Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843) — Haas, 1969

+ Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

= Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) lutulentus (Gould, 1851) — Simpson, 1914

= Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) lutulentus (Gould, 1851) — Simpson, 1900

= Margaron (Unio) lutulentus (Gould) — Lea, 1870

= Unio lutulentus Gould, 1851 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850 — Reeve, 1865

= Unio (Niäa) lutulentus Gould — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Margaron (Unio) lutulentus (Gould) — Lea, 1852

= Unio lutulentus — Gould, 1850
 
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