Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio

species Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867): synonymy

303 specimens

Synonymy

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Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867

specimen image from publication‘Lea, MS’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 55, sp. 282.
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 32, sp. 127 [as ‘Anodon angasii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_70-10-26-41, Strangways River, Arnheim Land, North Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria angasi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Walker et al. (2001), ... Zieritz et al. (2013), Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio bednalli Tate, 1882

Tate, 1882. Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 5: 56.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SAM_D.14427, Adelaide River, at the ford, Northern Territory, Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria bednalli — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Hyridella (Hyridella) bardwelli Clench, 1934

Clench, 1934. J. of Conch. 20: 89, pl. 2, figs. 1-5.
Type(s): PARATYPES AMS_61729, Glenelg River, Western Australia, Australia [-15.783, 125.017 > ± 100 km].

Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Aparcthyria hemesa Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) AMS_61739, Wenlock Downs, Wenlock (Batavia) River, Queensland, Australia [-13.095, 142.942 ± 10 km].

Aparcthyria hemesa — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Aparcthyria inspecta Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 192.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61637, Holmes Creek, 12 mls NE Darwin (Series of pools), Northern Territory, Australia [-12.4, 130.933 ± 10 km].

Aparcthyria inspecta — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Quaesithyria fleckeri Iredale, 1943

Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61722 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 403), Hodgkinson River, Queensland, Australia [-16.967, 145.033 ± 100 km].

Quaesithyria fleckeri — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Alasmodon angasana Adams & Angas, 1863

‘Lea’ Adams & Angas, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863(27): 418. [nomen nudum]
(reference to Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)

Centralhyria angasi — Iredale (1934)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria angasi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria bednalli — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Aparcthyria hemesa — Iredale (1943)
Aparcthyria inspecta — Iredale (1943)
Quaesithyria fleckeri — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Walker et al. (2001), ... Zieritz et al. (2013), Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)