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

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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria

species Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850): synonymy
     65 specimens

Unio profugus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 429.
Gould, 1862. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 28, figs. 543-543b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5928, Hunter’s R. N.S.Wales.

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) profugusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alathyria profugaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Alathyria vadena Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61860, Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, Australia [-34.8, 150.317 > ± 100 km].

Alathyria profugaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) profugusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alathyria profugaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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