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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Virgus

species Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Virgus beccarianusGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)

Range

Endemic to New Guinea.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Indonesia

specimen
AMS_126468

Maro River, Boepol, West Irian


Papua New Guinea

specimen
UMMZ_130242

British New Guinea

specimen
UMMZ_130242

British New Guinea

specimen
UMMZ_130242

British New Guinea

specimen
AMS_126464

Brown River, 35 mi from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 9°12’-18’S, 147°13’-18’E

specimen
AMS_126465

Brown River, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 9°12’-22’S, 147°13’-18’E

specimen
BMNH_91-11-6-72-73

Fly River, British New Guinea

specimen
BMNH_91-11-6-72-73

Fly River, British New Guinea

specimen
BMNH_MP_D252

Fly River, British New Guinea

specimen
MCZ_190267

Fly River, Papua

specimen
AMS_12006

Fly River, Papua New Guinea

specimen
AMS_126306

Fly River, Papua New Guinea

specimen
AMS_127042

Fly River, Papua New Guinea

specimen
MCZ_221439

Kikori River, Middle Town, Papua

specimen
AMS_126467

Kikori River, Middle Town, Papua New Guinea, Stn. 61; 07°16’S, 144°12’E

specimen
AMS_126466

New Guinea

specimen
AMS_84515

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

specimen
DMNH_51874

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

specimen
BMNH_MP_405

Southern New Guinea

specimen
BMNH_MP_405

Southern New Guinea

BMNH_91-11-6-72-73B. Fly River, British New Guinea