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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 drapeta (Iredale, 1934): synonymy 126 specimens Hyridunio renutus Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 69, pl. 5, fig. 3; pl. 6, fig. 4. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) AMS_61936, Latrobe River, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia [-38.15, 146.783 ± 100 km].
Hyridunio renutus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Hyridunio australis drapeta Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 68, pl. 5, fig. 2; pl. 6; fig. 2. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio australis Lamarck, 1819) Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61934, Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia [-27.583, 152.917 ± 100 km].
Hyridunio australis drapeta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007) Hyridella drapeta — Walker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Huang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) | |
Hyridunio australis orion Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 69. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio australis Lamarck, 1819) Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61931 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 446), Tomahawk Creek, Gembrook, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia [-37.95, 145.55 ± 10 km].
Hyridunio australis orion — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Hyridunio australis casus Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 90; Abb. 1. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio australis Lamarck, 1819) Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61938, Clarence River at Tucabia (Permanent waterhole in swamp area), New South Wales, Australia [-29.672, 153.092 ± 10 km].
Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Hyridunio australis Iredale, 1934
‘Lamarck’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 69, pl. 5, fig. 1; pl. 6, fig. 3. McMichael, 1952. unknown publication: 400. (misidentified reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)
Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Hyridunio renutus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridunio australis drapeta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridunio australis orion — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007) Hyridella drapeta — Walker et al. (2001), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Huang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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