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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria

species Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934: synonymy
     139 specimens

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 64, pl. 3, fig. 11, pl. 4, fig. 11.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_33006, Barwon River at Mogil Mogil, New South Wales, Australia [-29.35, 148.683 ± 1 km].

Alathyria jacksoniIredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Alathyria selwyni Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61764, Murrumbidgee River at Leeton, New South Wales, Australia [-34.55, 146.4 ± 10 km].

Alathyria jacksoniMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), IUCN (2011)

Alathyria jacksoni alleni Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 89.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61744, Macquarie River, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia [-32.2, 148.617 ± 10 km].

Alathyria jacksoniMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), IUCN (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alathyria jacksoniIredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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