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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Hyridella species Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy 163 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher Unio australis Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 80, sp. 46. Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_MP_0302 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 442), Nouvelle Hollande.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — Thiele (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007) Hyridunio australis — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella australis — Graf (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Walker et al. (2001), Baker et al. (2003), Baker et al. (2004), ... Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) | |
Unio dorsuosus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 296. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5925, [Nepean River, Australia].
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) dorsuosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Propehyridella nepeanensis — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850
Conrad, 1850. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 10. (incorrect original spelling of Unio nepeanensis Conrad, 1850) Type(s): PARATYPE MCZ_72077, Nepean River, New South Wales.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) dorsuosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Propehyridella nepeanensis — Iredale (1934) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969) | |
Unio nepeanensis Conrad, 1850
Conrad, 1850. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 10 [as ‘napeanensis’]. (correct name for Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850) Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_129955, Australia.
Hyridella (sec. Propehyridella) nepeanensis — Thiele (1934) Propehyridella nepeanensis — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Unio lessoni Küster, 1855
‘Lamarck’ Lesson, 1830. Voy. Coquille 2(1): 427, pl. 15, figs. 5-5a.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 135, pl. 36, fig. 4. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85723, N Holland [Nepean River, New South Wales, Australia].
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) lessoni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Hyridella lessoni — Haas (1930) Propehyridella nepeanensis — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Propehyridella nepeanensis opportuna Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 74, pl. 5, fig. 12; pl. 6, fig. 12. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850) Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61983, Richmond R trib., Wilsons R, Booyong (Creek), New South Wales, Australia [-28.748, 153.448 ± 1 km].
Propehyridella nepeanensis opportuna — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Propehyridella nepeanensis novata Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 92. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850) Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61982, Upper Bellinger River, New South Wales, Australia [-30.45, 152.617 ± 100 km].
Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Unio depressa Lesson, 1830 ‘Lamarck’ Lesson, 1830. Voy. Coquille 2(1): 427, pl. 15, figs. 5-5a. (misidentified reference to Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Propehyridella nepeanensis — Iredale (1934) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Unio australis Philippi, 1848 ‘Lamarck’ Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 81, pl. 5, fig. 5. (reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900) | |
Unio australis Küster, 1861
‘Lamarck’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 230, pl. 77, fig. 6. (reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) lessoni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Propehyridella nepeanensis narracanensis Iredale, 1934
‘Cotton & Gabriel’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 74. [in part] Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. (misidentified reference to Propehyridella narracanensis Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)
Hyridella (s.s.) australis — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) dorsuosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) lessoni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Hyridella lessoni — Haas (1930) Hyridella (s.s.) australis — Thiele (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007) Hyridunio australis — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Propehyridella nepeanensis — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (sec. Propehyridella) nepeanensis — Thiele (1934) Propehyridella nepeanensis opportuna — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella australis — Graf (2000), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Walker et al. (2001), Baker et al. (2003), Baker et al. (2004), ... Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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