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

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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.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisThiele (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyridunio australisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella australisGraf (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.) dorsuosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Propehyridella nepeanensisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisMcMichael & 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.) dorsuosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Propehyridella nepeanensisIredale (1934)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisMcMichael & 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) nepeanensisThiele (1934)
Propehyridella nepeanensisIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisMcMichael & 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.) lessoniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyridella lessoniHaas (1930)
Propehyridella nepeanensisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisMcMichael & 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 opportunaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisMcMichael & 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.) australisMcMichael & 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.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Propehyridella nepeanensisIredale (1934)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisMcMichael & 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.) australisSimpson (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.) lessoniSimpson (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.) australisMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) dorsuosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) lessoniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyridella lessoniHaas (1930)
Hyridella (s.s.) australisThiele (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyridunio australisIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Propehyridella nepeanensisIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (sec. Propehyridella) nepeanensisThiele (1934)
Propehyridella nepeanensis opportunaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Hyridella australisGraf (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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