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

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Publication Etheridge (1888): summary
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Complete Citation

Etheridge, R., jr. 1888. The invertebrate fauna of the Hawkesbury-Wianamata Series (beds above the productive coal-measures) of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 1.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Unionella Etheridge, 1888
Etheridge, 1888. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales, Paleont. 1: 12.
Type species: Unionella bowralensis Etheridge, 1888 (orig. desig.)

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio dunstani Etheridge, 1888
Etheridge, 1888. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales, Paleont. 1: 11, pl. 1, figs. 11-19.

Unio wianamattensis Etheridge, 1888
Etheridge, jnr. in Wilkinson, 1887. unknown publication: 76. [nomen nudum]
Etheridge, 1888. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales, Paleont. 1: 10, pl. 2, figs. 1-4.

Unionella bowralensis Etheridge, 1888
Etheridge, 1888. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales, Paleont. 1: 13, pl. 1, figs. 21-23; pl. 2, figs. 8-14.

Unionella carnei Etheridge, 1888
Etheridge, 1888. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales, Paleont. 1: 14, pl. 1, fig. 20; pl. 2, figs. 5-7.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio dunstani sp. nov.

Unio wianamattensis Eth., jnr.

Unionella bowralensis sp. nov.

Unionella carnei sp. nov.
 
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