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

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species Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): synonymy
     17 specimens

Unio (Diplodon) beccarianus Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Tapparone Canefri, 1883. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 19: 291, pl. 11, fig.2.
Type(s): TYPE MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE, GENOA, ITALY, Fly River, Papua, New Guinea.

Virgus beccarianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Virgus (s.s.) beccarianusHaas (1912), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)

Unio (Diplodon) mattirolii Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Tapparone Canefri, 1883. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 19: 292, text fig. i.
Type(s): TYPE MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE, GENOA, ITALY, Fly River, Papua, New Guinea.

Virgus mattiroliiSimpson (1900)
Virgus (s.s.) mattiroliiHaas (1912)
Virgus mattiroliSimpson (1914)
Virgus beccarianusMcMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Virgus beccarianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Virgus mattiroliiSimpson (1900)
Virgus (s.s.) beccarianusHaas (1912), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Virgus (s.s.) mattiroliiHaas (1912)
Virgus mattiroliSimpson (1914)

 
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