Subgenus Hyridella (Hyridella) Swainson, 1840
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
April 2004 - Brian J. Smith, S. Reid & Winston F. Ponder, Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, TAS and Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne
- Hyridella Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [285, 380] [Haas [in Moore, ed.], 1969, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, N(1), Mollusca 6: 461, refered to "Hyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932 (non Swainson, 1840)", but Cotton & Gabriel, 1932, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, new ser., 44(2): 155, explicitly attributed Hyridella to Swainson].
Type species:
Unio australis Lamarck, 1819 by monotypy.Secondary source:
McMichael, D.F. 1955. The identity and validity of Hyridella australis Lamarck, 1819. Nautilus 69: 6-13 [6]. - Leiovirgus Haas, F. 1912. Die Unioniden. pp. 113-136 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 9 Abt. 2. [132].
Type species:
Unio misoolensis Schepman, 1896 by original designation. - Propehyridella 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].
Type species:
Unio nepeanensis Conrad, 1850 by original designation. - Hyridunio Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [68].
Type species:
Hyridunio australis drapeta Iredale, 1934 by original designation. - Rugoshyria Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [71].
Type species:
Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862 (Iredale fixed the type species as "Type Unio paramattensis Lea = Unio depressa Lamarck", and in his treatment of the species used Unio depressa as the valid name and U. paramattensis as its subjective synonym) by original designation.
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 [439]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand and SW New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
Distribution References
General References
Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [67-68] (p. 73 as Propehyridella)
Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [90] (as Hyridunio)
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 [436-440]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 17-Nov-2010 | 17-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 17-Nov-2010 | 17-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 16-Nov-2010 | 16-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Apr-2013 | 08-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |