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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | Hyriopsis

species Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856): synonymy
     127 specimens + 34 Genbank vouchers

Unio housei Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 92.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 291 [11], pl. 23, fig. 3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83951, Siam.

Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianusSimpson (1900)
Hyriopsis myersianusPreston (1912), IUCN (2011)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianaSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Hyriopsis myersianaHaas (1924), Haas (1969), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersianaBrandt (1974)

Unio myersianus Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 92.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 290 [10], pl. 22, fig. 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83950, Siam.

Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianusSimpson (1900)
Hyriopsis myersianusPreston (1912), IUCN (2011)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianaSimpson (1914)
Hyriopsis myersianaOrtmann (1916), Haas (1924), Haas (1952), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Zieritz et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2021), Konopleva et al. (2023)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersianaBrandt (1974), Deein et al. (2004)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) sp.Kittivorachate & Yangyuen (2004)
H. myersianaKonopleva et al. (2019)

Unio sutrangensis Morlet, 1889
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165, 195, pl. 9, fig. 3.
(renamed Unio stungtrangensis Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904; renamed Unio patrangensis Morlet, 1904)

Hyriopsis (s.s.) sutrangensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyriopsis sutrangensisHaas (1924)
Hyriopsis delaporteiHaas (1969)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersianaBrandt (1974)
Hyriopsis myersianusIUCN (2011)
Hyriopsis myersianaPfeiffer et al. (2021)

Unio patrangensis Morlet, 1904
Morlet, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 382.
(new name for Unio sutrangensis Morlet, 1889)

Hyriopsis sutrangensisHaas (1924)
Hyriopsis delaporteiHaas (1969)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersianaBrandt (1974)
Hyriopsis myersianusIUCN (2011)
Hyriopsis myersianaPfeiffer et al. (2021)

Unio stungtrangensis Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 440.
(new name for Unio sutrangensis Morlet, 1889)

Hyriopsis sutrangensisHaas (1924)
Hyriopsis delaporteiHaas (1969)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersianaBrandt (1974)
Hyriopsis myersianusIUCN (2011)
Hyriopsis myersianaPfeiffer et al. (2021)

Unio huesi de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 37.
(error for Unio housei Lea, 1856)

Hyriopsis delaportei Muanta et al., 2019
‘Cross & Fischer, 1876’ Muanta et al., 2019. J. Moll. Studies 85(2): 225.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Arconaia) delaportei Crosse & Fischer, 1876)

Hyriopsis myersianaPfeiffer et al. (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianusSimpson (1900)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) sutrangensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyriopsis myersianusPreston (1912), IUCN (2011)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianaSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Hyriopsis myersianaOrtmann (1916), Haas (1924), Haas (1952), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Zieritz et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2021), Konopleva et al. (2023)
Hyriopsis sutrangensisHaas (1924)
Hyriopsis delaporteiHaas (1969)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersianaBrandt (1974), Deein et al. (2004)
Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) sp.Kittivorachate & Yangyuen (2004)
H. myersianaKonopleva et al. (2019)

 
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