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

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Publication E.A. Smith (1882): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 16: 255-317, 3 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula deshayesii E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 303, pl. 7, figs. 28-29.

Corbicula sublaevigata E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 304, pl. 7, figs. 30-31.

Hyridella australis E.A. Smith, 1882
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 309.
Ortmann, 1912. Nautilus 25(9): 100.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1297.
Cotton & Gabriel, 1932. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 155, pl. 16, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)

Pisidium etheridgii E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 306, pl. 7, fig. 35.

Sphaerium macgillivrayi E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 305, pl. 7, fig. 34.

Sphaerium queenslandicum E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 305, pl. 7, fig. 33.

Unio ambiguus E.A. Smith, 1882
‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 309. [in part]
(reference to Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882
‘Sowerby’ E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 307-8. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula angasi Prime = Corbicula australis
+ Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877

Corbicula baronialis Prime

Corbicula debilis Gould = Corbicula australis

Corbicula deshayesii

Corbicula minor Prime

Corbicula nepeanensis Lesson = Corbicula australis
+ Cyrena australis Deshayes, 1830

Corbicula ovalina Deshayes

Corbicula prolongata Prime

Corbicula sublævigata n. sp. = Corbicula australis

Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby = Lortiella rugata

Pisidium australe Lamarck, 1818

Pisidium etheridgii n. sp. = Euglesa etheridgii

Pisidium semen Menke

Pisum australis Lamarck

Sphærium egregium Gould

Sphærium macgillivrayi n. sp. = Sphaerium tasmanicum

Sphærium novæ-zelandiæ Deshayes = Sphaerium novaezelandiae

Sphærium queenslandicum n. sp. = Sphaerium tasmanicum

Sphærium translucidum Sowerby = Sphaerium tasmanicum

Unio ambiguus Parreyss = Velesunio ambiguus
+ Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio philippianus Küster, 1861
+ Unio vittatus Lea, 1859

Unio angasi Lea = Velesunio angasi
+ Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856

Unio angasi Lea = Alathyria pertexta

Unio australis (Lamarck) Philippi = Hyridella australis

Unio australis var. moretonicus Reeve = Velesunio moretonicus

Unio danellii Villa = Velesunio ambiguus

Unio depressus Lamarck = Hyridella depressa
+ Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859
+ Unio cultelliformis Conrad, 1850

Unio evansi A. Adams & Angas = Velesunio ambiguus

Unio gratiosus Philippi = Indonaia gratiosa

Unio jeffreysianus Lea = Velesunio ambiguus

Unio multidentatus Parreyss = Parreysia corrugata

Unio multidentatus var. fulmineus Parreyss = Parreysia corrugata

Unio nepeanensis Conrad = Hyridella australis
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
+ Unio lessoni Küster, 1855

Unio novae-hollandiæ Gray = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae
+ Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840
+ Unio cumingianus Dunker, 1852

Unio profugus Gould = Alathyria profuga

Unio rugulosus Charpentier = Nephronaias rugulosa

Unio semiplicatus Küster = Medionidus acutissimus

Unio shuttleworthi Charpentier

Unio stuarti Adams & Angas = Velesunio wilsonii

Unio wilsonii Lea = Velesunio wilsonii

 
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