Species Hyridella (Hyridella) australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Unio australis Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [80].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Nepean River, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP.
• Unio napeanensis Conrad, R.A. 1850. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 10-11 [Feb. 1850] [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 129954a, Nepean River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 129954 (2 valves); MCZ 72077 (1 specimen).

  Type locality references:

  McMichael, D.F. & Hiscock, I.D. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 372-508 [442].

  Secondary source:

   Jeffreys, J.G. 1830. A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16: 323-392.
• Unio dorsuosus Gould, A. 1850. The following shells from the United States Exploring Expedition were described by Dr Gould : — in Proceedings for May 18th, 1850. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 292-296 [Nov. 1850] [296].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 5925, Nepean River, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  McMichael, D.F. & Hiscock, I.D. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 372-508 [441].
• Unio lessoni Küster, H.C. 1855. Die Flussperlmuscheln, Unio et Hyria. Part 147. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9(2): 121-136 [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 85723, Nepean River, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   McMichael, D.F. & Hiscock, I.D. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 372-508 [441].
• Propehyridella nepeanensis opportuna Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C61983, Creek at Booyong, Richmond River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C61985 (2 specimens); AM C61984 (4 specimens); QM MO 2864 (1 specimen).
• Propehyridella nepeanensis novata Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C61982, Upper Bellinger (as Bellenger) River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C61987.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McMichael, D.F. & Hiscock, I.D. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 372-508 [440]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819). —
  McMichael, D.F. 1955. The identity and validity of Hyridella australis Lamarck, 1819. Nautilus 69: 6-13 [6-13]
• Diplodon (Hyridella) dorsuosus (Gould, 1850). —
  Simpson, C.T. 1914. A description catalogue of the Naiades or Pearly Fresh-water mussels. Ann Arbor : Bryant Walker. [1289]
• Diplodon (Hyridella) lessoni (Küster, 1856). —
  Simpson, C.T. 1914. A description catalogue of the Naiades or Pearly Fresh-water mussels. Ann Arbor : Bryant Walker. [1296]
• Propehyridella nepeanensis (Conrad, 1850). —
  Cotton, B.C. & Gabriel, C.J. 1932. Australian Unionidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 44(2): 155-160 pl. 16 [Date published April] [158]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal rivers from Caboolture, QLD south to Yarra River, VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal rivers (freshwater).

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [401, text fig. 1]

Cotton, B.C. & Gabriel, C.J. 1932. Australian Unionidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 44(2): 155-160 pl. 16 [Date published April] [155-156, pl. 16, fig. 1] (also p. 158, pl. 14, fig. 5 as Propehyridella nepeanensis)

Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 11: 100-139 [129-130, pl. 4, fig. 38] (extensive bibliography; p. 131132, pl. 4, figs 40 as Propehyridella nepeanensis)

Hiscock, I.D. 1951. A note on the life-history of the Australian freshwater mussel, Hyridella australis Lam. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 74: 146-148 (life history)

Hiscock, I.D. 1953. Osmoregulation in Australian freshwater mussels (Lamellibranchia). II. Respiration and its relation to osmoregulation in Hyridella australis (Lam.). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(2): 330-342

Hiscock, I.D. 1953. Osmoregulation in Australian freshwater mussels (Lamellibranchiata). I. Water and chloride exchange in Hyridella australis (Lam.). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(2): 317-329

Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [73-74, pl. 5, figs 11-13, pl. 6, figs 11-13]

Kershaw, R.C. 1956. Victoria fluviatile and lacustrine Molluscs - the Pelecypoda. Victorian Naturalist 73: 51-55 [53]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [138]

McMichael, D.F. 1955. The identity and validity of Hyridella australis Lamarck, 1819. Nautilus 69: 6-13

McMichael, D.F. & Hiscock, I.D. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 372-508 [440-444, pl. 9, figs 6-18, pl. 10, figs 1-6, pl. 17, fig. 1]

Smith, E.A. 1881. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-317, pls V-VII [309] (p. 312 as Unio nepeanensis)

Walker, K.F., Byrne, M., Hickey, C.W. & Roper, D.S. 2001. Freshwater Mussels (Hyriidae) of Australasia. pp. 5-31 in Bauer, G. & Wächtler, K. (eds). Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida. Berlin, Germany : Springer-Verlag 394 pp. [9]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [401] (Austral Mussel, Nepean Mussel)

Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 11: 100-139 [130] (The Southern Freshwater Mussel)

 

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