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

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Publication Marshall et al. (2014): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Marshall, B.A., M.C. Fenwick & P.A. Ritchie. 2014. New Zealand Recent Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida). Molluscan Research 34(3): 181-200. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer
+ Unio zelebori Dunker, 1866

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1828)

Diplodon chilensis (Gray, 1828)

Diplodon deceptus (Simpson, 1914) = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon wagnerianum Simpson, 1900 = Diplodon ellipticus
+ Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827

Echyridella aucklandica (Gray, 1843)
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Diplodon websteri Simpson, 1902
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) lutulentus Suter, 1913
+ Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953
+ Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953
+ Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
+ Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
+ Unio menziesianus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio aucklandicus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio zelebori Hutton, 1880
+ Unio depauperata Hutton, 1882
+ Unio rugatus Hutton, 1882
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) menziezi Simpson, 1900
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905

Echyridella onekaka (Fenwick & Marshall, 2006)
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) lutulentus Suter, 1913

Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lortiella rugatus (Sowerby, 1868) = Lortiella rugata

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)