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

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Publication McMichael & Hiscock (1958): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

McMichael, D.F. & I.D. Hiscock. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(3): 372-508 + 19 plates. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alathyria condola Iredale, 1943

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934
+ Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Alathyria jacksoni alleni Iredale, 1943
+ Alathyria selwyni Iredale, 1943

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934 = Alathyria pertexta

Alathyria pertexta magnifica McMichael & Hiscock, 1958 = Alathyria pertexta

Alathyria pertexta pertexta Iredale, 1934 = Alathyria pertexta
+ Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856
+ Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Centralhyria wilsonii Iredale, 1934
+ Alathyria morti Iredale, 1943

Alathyria pertexta wardi (Iredale, 1943) = Alathyria pertexta

Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1851)
+ Alathyria vadena Iredale, 1943

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)
+ Naia elongata Swainson, 1840
+ Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840
+ Unio cumingianus Dunker, 1852
+ Unio cumingii Lea, 1870

Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958 = Echyridella aucklandica
+ Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953

Cucumerunio websteri websteri (Simpson, 1902) = Echyridella aucklandica
+ Unio lutulentus Reeve, 1865

Haasodonta fannyae (Johnson, R.I., 1948)

Haasodonta vanheurni McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

Hyridella aquilonalis Iredale, 1934

Hyridella interserta Iredale, 1934
+ Unio depressus var. mutabilis Hedley & Musson, 1891

Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843) = Echyridella menziesii
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Unio lutulentus Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845
+ Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
+ Unio menziesianus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio aucklandicus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio zelebori Dunker, 1866
+ Unio depauperata Hutton, 1882
+ Unio rugatus Hutton, 1882
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905
+ Diplodon lessoni Suter, 1905
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi acuta Suter, 1907
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) menziesi rugulosus Simpson, 1914

Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843) = Unio caffer

Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipiana (McMichael, 1956) = Hyridella guppyi

Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi guppyi (Smith, E.A., 1885) = Hyridella guppyi

Hyridella (Protohyridella) glenelgensis (Dennant, 1898) = Hyridella glenelgensis

Hyridella (s.s.) aucklandicus (Gray, 1843) = Echyridella aucklandica
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953

Hyridella (s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819) = Hyridella australis
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
+ Unio dorsuosus Gould, 1850
+ Unio lessoni Küster, 1855
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis opportuna Iredale, 1934
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis narracanensis Iredale, 1934
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis novata Iredale, 1943
+ Unio nepeanensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850

Hyridella (s.s.) depressa (Lamarck, 1819) = Hyridella depressa
+ Unio cultelliformis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859
+ Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862
+ Rugoshyria depressa monticola Iredale, 1934
+ Rugoshyria depressa vicinalis Iredale, 1934
+ Rugoshyria depressa bega Iredale, 1943
+ Rugoshyria depressa lowanna Iredale, 1943
+ Unio mutabilis Reeve, 1865

Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta (Iredale, 1934) = Hyridella drapeta
+ Hyridunio australis Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridunio australis orion Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridunio renutus Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridunio australis casus Iredale, 1943

Hyridella (s.s.) misoolensis (Schepman, 1897) = Hyridella misoolensis
+ Virgus lorentzi Schepman, 1919

Hyridella (s.s.) narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932) = Hyridella narracanensis
+ Diplodon mortonicus May, 1923
+ Rugoshyria depressa sodalis Iredale, 1934
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis narracanensis Iredale, 1934

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868)

Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
+ Unio beauforti Bavay, 1908

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio vittatus Lea, 1859
+ Unio philippianus Küster, 1861
+ Unio (Alasmodon) evansi Adams & Angas, 1864
+ Unio jeffreysianus Lea, 1871
+ Unio danellii Villa, 1871
+ Hyridella australis E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Unio protovittatus Hale & Tindale, 1930
+ Velesunio balonnensis intricatus Iredale, 1934
+ Velesunio balonnensis adjunctus Iredale, 1934
+ Velesunio mckeowni Iredale, 1943
+ Velesunio testatus Iredale, 1943
+ Velesunio transitus Iredale, 1943
+ Unio ambiguus E.A. Smith, 1882

Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)
+ Unio bednalli Tate, 1882
+ Hyridella (Hyridella) bardwelli Clench, 1934
+ Aparcthyria inspecta Iredale, 1943
+ Aparcthyria hemesa Iredale, 1943
+ Quaesithyria fleckeri Iredale, 1943
+ Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882

Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) = Alathyria pertexta

Velesunio legrandi (Petterd, 1889) = Velesunio moretonicus
+ Unio depressus Reeve, 1864
+ Diplodon australis May, 1921
+ Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934

Velesunio moretonicus Reeve, 1865

Velesunio ovatus (Haas, 1910)

Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924)

Velesunio shuttleworthi Küster, 1855

Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859)
+ Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti Adams & Angas, 1863
+ Centralhyria wilsonii caurina Iredale, 1934
+ Diplodon bednalli Frierson, 1908
+ Hyridella anodontaeformis R.I. Johnson, 1948

Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
+ Unio (Diplodon) mattirolii Tapparone Canefri, 1883

Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957

Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934
+ Centralhyria angasi subjecta Iredale, 1934
+ Unio australis Menke, 1843
+ Unio moretonicus E.A. Smith, 1874
+ Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932

Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)