Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria pertexta

nominal species Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856

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Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856 = Alathyria pertexta

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 304 [24], pl. 28, fig. 19.
(homonym of Unio shuttleworthi Küster, 1856)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84416, Moreton Bay, Australia.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Alathyria pertexta pertexta Iredale, 1934 — B.J. Smith, 1992: 16.

+ Haas, 1969.

+ Alathyria pertexta pertexta Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 414, pl. 6, figs. 1-2.

+ Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1851) — Iredale, 1934: 64.

+ Alathyria pertexta sp. nov. — Iredale, 1934: 64.

= Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914: 1306.

= Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900: 893.

+ Unio angasi Lea — E.A. Smith, 1882: 307.

= Margaron (Unio) shuttleworthii (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 36.

= Unio shuttleworthi Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 32, sp. 167.