Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria

species Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934: synonymy

180 specimens

Synonymy

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Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856

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.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alathyria profuga — Iredale (1934)
Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934)
Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934

specimen image from publicationIredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 64, pl. 3, fig. 10; pl. 4, fig. 10.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_12009, Upper Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia [-27, 152.4 ± 100 km].

Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ... Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Alathyria morti Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61765, Richmond River, Casino, New South Wales, Australia [-28.867, 153.05 ± 10 km].

Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Quaesithyria wardi Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61767 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 418), Einasleigh River, Queensland, Australia [-18.512, 144.102 ± 100 km].

Quaesithyria wardi — Iredale (1943)
Alathyria pertexta wardi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Alathyria pertexta magnifica McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

specimen image from publicationMcMichael & Hiscock, 1958. Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 419, pl. 19, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_62271, Bian River, West Irian, Indonesia.

Alathyria pertexta magnifica — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)

Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882

‘Sowerby’ E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 307-8. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)

Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934)
Alathyria jacksoni — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961)
Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Centralhyria wilsonii Iredale, 1934

‘Lea’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 66, pl. 3, fig. 13; pl. 4, fig. 13. [in part]
‘Lea’ Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859)

Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alathyria profuga — Iredale (1934)
Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ... Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Centralhyria wilsonii — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Quaesithyria wardi — Iredale (1943)
Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)
Alathyria jacksoni — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958)
Alathyria pertexta wardi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)
Alathyria pertexta magnifica — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969)