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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Hyridella

species Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy

168 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Synonymy

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Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 79, sp. 38.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_4088, Nouvelle Hollande.

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) cultelliformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Rugoshyria depressaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella depressaMcMichael (1957), Graf (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Walker et al. (2001), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Araujo et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyridella (Echyridella) depressaSantos-Neto et al. (2016)

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Unio cultelliformis Conrad, 1850

Conrad, 1850. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 10.
Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 296, pl. 26, fig. 6 [Unio sp.].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41808, Bogan River, Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) cultelliformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Rugoshyria cultelliformisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 248 [66], pl. 38, fig. 127.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965153, Brisbane Water, East Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) mutabilisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Rugoshyria depressaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 60 [64], pl. 20, fig. 59.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84405, Paramatta R., N.S.W.

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) cultelliformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Rugoshyria depressaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Rugoshyria depressa monticola Iredale, 1934

specimen image from publicationIredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72, pl. 5, fig. 7a-b; pl. 6, fig. 10.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61952, Kosciusko, Grosse's Plain Creek, Moonbar Run (Moonbah), New South Wales, Australia [-36.519, 148.513 ± 1 km].

Rugoshyria depressa monticolaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Rugoshyria depressa vicinalis Iredale, 1934

Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_57939 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 450), Mitchell River at Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia [-37.833, 147.617 ± 10 km].

Rugoshyria depressa vicinalisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Rugoshyria depressa bega Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 91.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_43362, Tantawanglo River, tributary of Bega River, New South Wales, Australia [-36.742, 149.647 ± 10 km].

Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Rugoshyria depressa lowanna Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 91; Abb. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61950, Little Nymboida River at Lowanna, near Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia [-30.215, 152.901 ± 1 km].

Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Unio mutabilis Reeve, 1865

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 24, sp. 112.
(reference to Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859)

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Unio paramettensis de Gregorio, 1914

‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 36.
(error for Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) cultelliformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) mutabilisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Rugoshyria depressaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Rugoshyria depressa monticolaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Rugoshyria depressa vicinalisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Rugoshyria cultelliformisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella depressaMcMichael (1957), Graf (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Walker et al. (2001), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Araujo et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (s.s.) depressaMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyridella (Echyridella) depressaSantos-Neto et al. (2016)

 
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