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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | Hyriopsis myersiana

nominal species 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 myersiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856) — Pfeiffer et al., 2021
+ Hyriopsis myersianus (Lea, 1856) — IUCN, 2011
+ Hyriopsis (Limnoscapha) myersiana (Lea, 1856) — Brandt, 1974
+ Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969
+ Hyriopsis myersiana (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1924
+ Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersiana (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Hyriopsis myersianus (Lea) — Preston, 1912
+ Hyriopsis (s.s.) myersianus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio housei Lea — Fischer, 1891
+ Unio myersianus Lea — Morelet, 1875
= Margaron (Unio) housei (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio housei Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1866
= Unio housei Lea — Martens, 1860

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