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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio species Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867): synonymy
303 specimens Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867
  ‘Lea, MS’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 55, sp. 282.
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 32, sp. 127 [as ‘Anodon angasii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_70-10-26-41, Strangways River, Arnheim Land, North Australia.
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria angasi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Walker et al. (2001), ... Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) | |
Unio bednalli Tate, 1882
Tate, 1882. Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 5: 56.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SAM_D.14427, Adelaide River, at the ford, Northern Territory, Australia.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria bednalli — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Hyridella (Hyridella) bardwelli Clench, 1934
 Clench, 1934. J. of Conch. 20: 89, pl. 2, figs. 1-5.
Type(s): PARATYPES AMS_61729, Glenelg River, Western Australia, Australia [-15.783, 125.017 > ± 100 km].
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Aparcthyria hemesa Iredale, 1943
 Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) AMS_61739, Wenlock Downs, Wenlock (Batavia) River, Queensland, Australia [-13.095, 142.942 ± 10 km].
Aparcthyria hemesa — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Aparcthyria inspecta Iredale, 1943
 Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 192.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61637, Holmes Creek, 12 mls NE Darwin (Series of pools), Northern Territory, Australia [-12.4, 130.933 ± 10 km].
Aparcthyria inspecta — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Quaesithyria fleckeri Iredale, 1943
 Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61722 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 403), Hodgkinson River, Queensland, Australia [-16.967, 145.033 ± 100 km].
Quaesithyria fleckeri — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Alasmodon angasana Adams & Angas, 1863
‘Lea’ Adams & Angas, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863(27): 418. [nomen nudum]
(reference to Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)
Centralhyria angasi — Iredale (1934) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria angasi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria bednalli — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Aparcthyria hemesa — Iredale (1943)
Aparcthyria inspecta — Iredale (1943)
Quaesithyria fleckeri — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio angasi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Walker et al. (2001), ... Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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