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Publication Iredale (1943): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. Australian Zoologist 10: 188-230. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 64, pl. 3, fig. 11, pl. 4, fig. 11.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_33006, Barwon River at Mogil Mogil, New South Wales, Australia [-29.35, 148.683 ± 1 km].

Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 64, pl. 3, fig. 10; pl. 4, fig. 10.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_12009, Upper Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia [-27, 152.4 ± 100 km].

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 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].

Australpera bradena Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 196.

Centralhyria wilsonii Iredale, 1934
‘Lea’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 66, pl. 3, fig. 13; pl. 4, fig. 13. [in part]
‘Lea’ Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859)

Centralhyria angasi subjecta Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 67, 76.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1840-10-21-29 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 427), River Avon, South Australia.

Centralhyria wilsonii caurina Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 66, pl. 3, fig. 14; pl. 4, fig. 14.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_42241, May River at Meda, Western Australia, Australia [-17.367, 124 ± 10 km].

Corbiculina aramita Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

Corbiculina esculenta Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

Corbiculina finkeana Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 193.

Corbiculina maroubra Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

Corbiculina mussoni Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

Corbiculina permena Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

Corbiculina semara Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

Glacipisum kosciusko Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: ??.

Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932
‘Philippi’ Cotton & Gabriel, 1932. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 157.
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 62, pl. 3, fig. 8; pl. 4, fig. 8 [as ‘Westralunio ambiguus’]. [in part]
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190 [as ‘Westralunio ambiguus’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

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 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 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].

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 71, pl. 5, fig. 5; pl. 6, fig. 5.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61862, Lennard River (In river sands), Western Australia, Australia [-17.4, 124.5 ± 100 km].

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)

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].

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 wardi Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 191.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61767 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 418), Einasleigh River, Queensland, Australia [-18.512, 144.102 ± 100 km].

Rugoshyria aquilonalis Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72, pl. 5, fig. 9; pl. 6, fig. 8.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_484, Bloomfield River, Queensland, Australia [-15.95, 145.333 ± 10 km].

Rugoshyria interserta Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72, pl. 5, fig. 8; pl. 6, fig. 9.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61949, Mary River at Kenilworth, N of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [-26.6, 152.733 ± 10 km].

Rugoshyria depressa monticola Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72, pl. 5, fig. 7a-b; pl. 6, fig. 10.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61952, Kosciusko, Grosse's Plain Creek, Moonbar Run (Moonbah), New South Wales, Australia [-36.519, 148.513 ± 1 km].

Rugoshyria depressa sodalis Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)

Rugoshyria depressa vicinalis Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 72.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_57939 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 450), Mitchell River at Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia [-37.833, 147.617 ± 10 km].

Sphaerinova lacusedes Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 195.

Sphaerinova nundinalis Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 195.

Sphaerinova victoriana Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 195.

Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934
‘(Kuster)’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 60, pl. 3, fig. 5; pl. 4, fig. 5.
‘Kuster’ Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(misidentified reference to Unio shuttleworthi Küster, 1856)

Velesunio balonnensis adjunctus Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 59, 76, pl. 3, fig. 3; pl. 4, fig. 3.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 88.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_12003, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia [-28.867, 153.05 ± 100 km].

Velesunio balonnensis intricatus Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 60, 76, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 4, fig. 2.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61725, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [-23.367, 150.533 ± 10 km].

Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 63, 76.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61724 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 427), Victoria Reservoir, Darling Range, 12 mls E of Perth, Western Australia, Australia [-32.05, 116.067 ± 10 km].

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