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

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species Hyridella guppyi (E.A. Smith, 1885): synonymy
     23 specimens

Unio guppyi E.A. Smith, 1885
E.A. Smith, 1885. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1885: 608, pl. 37, figs. 8-8b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_85-11-3-461, Solomon Islands.

Ctenodesma guppyiSimpson (1900)
Ctenodesma (sec. Nesonaia) guppyiHaas (1913)
Cristadens guppyiSimpson (1914)
Leiovirgus guppyiMcMichael (1956)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi guppyiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)
Hyridella guppyiWalker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyiGraf & Cummings (2007)

Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus McMichael, 1956
McMichael, 1956. Nautilus 70(2): 44, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958. Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 470, pl. 13, fig. 11.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio guppyi E.A. Smith, 1885)
Type(s): PARATYPE AMS_62203, Aipiana, St. Joseph R., New Guinea [-8.417, 146.583 > ± 100 km].

Leiovirgus guppyi aipianusMcMichael (1956)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipianaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipianusHaas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Ctenodesma guppyiSimpson (1900)
Ctenodesma (sec. Nesonaia) guppyiHaas (1913)
Cristadens guppyiSimpson (1914)
Leiovirgus guppyiMcMichael (1956)
Leiovirgus guppyi aipianusMcMichael (1956)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi guppyiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipianaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipianusHaas (1969)
Hyridella guppyiWalker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyiGraf & Cummings (2007)

 
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