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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria species Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934: synonymy 180 specimens Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 304 [24], pl. 28, fig. 19. (homonym of Unio shuttleworthi Küster, 1856) Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84416, Moreton Bay, Australia.
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alathyria profuga — Iredale (1934) Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934) Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), B.J. Smith (1992) — Haas (1969) | |
Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 64, pl. 3, fig. 10; pl. 4, fig. 10. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_12009, Upper Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia [-27, 152.4 ± 100 km].
Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ... Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Alathyria morti Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 89. Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61765, Richmond River, Casino, New South Wales, Australia [-28.867, 153.05 ± 10 km].
Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Quaesithyria wardi Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191. Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61767 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 418), Einasleigh River, Queensland, Australia [-18.512, 144.102 ± 100 km].
Quaesithyria wardi — Iredale (1943) Alathyria pertexta wardi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Alathyria pertexta magnifica McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
 McMichael & Hiscock, 1958. Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 419, pl. 19, figs. 1-2. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934) Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_62271, Bian River, West Irian, Indonesia.
Alathyria pertexta magnifica — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) | |
Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882 ‘Sowerby’ E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 307-8. [in part] (misidentified reference to Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)
Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934) Alathyria jacksoni — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961) Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Centralhyria wilsonii Iredale, 1934 ‘Lea’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 66, pl. 3, fig. 13; pl. 4, fig. 13. [in part] ‘Lea’ Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. [in part] (misidentified reference to Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859)
Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alathyria profuga — Iredale (1934) Alathyria pertexta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ... Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) Quaesithyria wardi — Iredale (1943) Alathyria pertexta pertexta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) Alathyria jacksoni — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961) Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) Alathyria pertexta wardi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) Alathyria pertexta magnifica — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) — Haas (1969)
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