MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria
species Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio profugus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 429.
Gould, 1862. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 28, figs. 543-543b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5928, Hunter’s R. N.S.Wales.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) profugus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alathyria profuga — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Alathyria vadena Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61860, Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, Australia [-34.8, 150.317 > ± 100 km].
Alathyria profuga — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) profugus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alathyria profuga — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
