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genus Hyridella Swainson, 1840: synonymy

7 Recent freshwater species (10 total species)

Synonymy

Hyridella Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 285, 380.
Type species: Unio australis Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Hyridella australis

Leiovirgus Haas, 1912

Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 132.
Type species: Unio misoolensis Schepman, 1897 (orig. desig.) = Hyridella misoolensis

Nesonaia Haas, 1913

Haas, 1913. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 47): 137.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Ctenodesma Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio guppyi E.A. Smith, 1885 (monotypy) = Hyridella guppyi

Propehyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932

Cotton & Gabriel, 1932. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 158.
Type species: Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850 (original designation) = Hyridella australis

Protohyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932

Cotton & Gabriel, 1932. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 159.
Type species: Unio glenelgensis Dennant, 1898 (original designation) = Hyridella glenelgensis

Hyridunio Iredale, 1934

Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 68.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type species: Hyridunio australis drapeta Iredale, 1934 (orig. desig.) = Hyridella drapeta

Rugoshyria Iredale, 1934

Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 71.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type species: Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862 (orig. desig.) = Hyridella depressa

Hydrunio Iredale, 1934

Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 69.
(error for Hyridunio Iredale, 1934)
Type species: Hyridunio australis drapeta Iredale, 1934 = Hyridella drapeta

Propehyidella Haas, 1969

‘Cotton & Gabriel’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 1: N460.
(error for Propehyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)
Type species: Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850 = Hyridella australis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Hyridella, since 1900.

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Virgus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Schepman (1919)
Ctenodesma — Simpson (1900)
Virgus (sec. Leiovirgus) — Haas (1912), Thiele (1934)
Ctenodesma (sec. Nesonaia) — Haas (1913)
Cristadens — Simpson (1914)
Virgus (Leiovirgus) — Haas (1924), Haas (1969)
Ctenodesma (Nesonaia) — Haas (1924)
Hyridella — Haas (1930), McMichael (1957), Hocknull (2000), Graf (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), ... Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2025)
Hyridella (s.s.) — Thiele (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Hocknull (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Thompson & Stilwell (2010), Ponder et al. (2025)
Hyridella (sec. Protohyridella) — Thiele (1934)
Hyridella (sec. Propehyridella) — Thiele (1934)
Hyridunio — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Rugoshyria — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Propehyridella — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Protohyridella — Iredale (1934)
Leiovirgus — McMichael (1956)
Hyridella (Protohyridella) — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Hocknull (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Thompson & Stilwell (2010), Meakin (2011), Ponder et al. (2025)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Velesunio — Kear & Godthelp (2008)
Prohyria — Kear & Godthelp (2008)
Hyridella (Echyridella) — Santos-Neto et al. (2016)