Species Hyridella (Hyridella) depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

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• Unio depressa Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP no number, Nepean River, near Sydney, 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 [449].
• Unio cultelliformis 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 41808a, Bogan River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 41808 (9 valves).

  Secondary source:

   Johnson, R.I. & Baker, H.B. 1973. The types of Unionaceae ( Mollusca : Bivalvia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 125: 145-186.
• Unio mutabilis Lea, I. 1859. Descriptions of twenty one new species of exotic Unionidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 11: 151-154 [152].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1965153, Brisbane Water (estuary of Hawkesbury River), NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM 85616 1 specimen; USNM 85615 1 specimen.
• Unio paramattensis Lea, I. 1862. Descriptions of two new species of exotic Uniones and one Monocondyloea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 14: 176 [176].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 84405, Parramatta River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) USNM 84405 (1 specimen); MCZ 17015 (1 valve).
• Rugoshyria depressa monticola Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C61952, Grosse's Plain Creek, Moonbar Run, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C79 (14 specimens); QM MO 2865 (1 specimen); NMV F17044 (2 specimens).
• Rugoshyria depressa vicinalis Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [72].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C57939, Mitchell River, Bairnsdale, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) AM.
• Rugoshyria depressa bega Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C43362, Tantowanglo River, tributary of the Bega River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C43362 (11 specimens).
• Rugoshyria depressa lowanna Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C61950, Little Nymboida River, Dorrigo, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C61966 (11 specimens); AM C6195 (2 specimens).

 

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 [448]

 

Generic Combinations

• Diplodon (Hyridella) cultelliformis (Conrad, 1850). —
  Simpson, C.T. 1914. A description catalogue of the Naiades or Pearly Fresh-water mussels. Ann Arbor : Bryant Walker. [1300]
• Rugoshyria cultelliformis (Conrad, 1850). —
  Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [73]
• Propehyridella cultelliformis (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] [159] (in part)
• Rugoshyria depressa (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [71]
• Hyridella depressa (lamarck, 1819). —
  McMichael, D.F. 1957. A review of fossil freshwater mussels (Mollusca, Pelecypoda) of Australasia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 81: 222-244 [241]
• Diplodon (Hyridella) mutabilis (Lea, 1859) [changhed combination of synonym]. —
  Simpson, C.T. 1914. A description catalogue of the Naiades or Pearly Fresh-water mussels. Ann Arbor : Bryant Walker. [1308]
• Hyridella vicinalis (Iredale, 1934). —
  Kershaw, R.C. 1956. Victoria fluviatile and lacustrine Molluscs - the Pelecypoda. Victorian Naturalist 73: 51-55 [54]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal reivers of eastern Australia, from Caboolture, QLD south to the eastern rivers of VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), 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. 7]

Byrne, M. & P.A. Vesk 1996. Microanalysis of elements in granules in Hyridella depressa (Bivalvia): multivariate analysis and biomonitoring potential. Austyralasia Journal of Ecotoxicology 2. pp.91-97

Colville, A.E. & R.P. Lim 2003. Microscopic structure of the mantle and palps in the freshwater mussels Velesunio ambiguus and Hyridella depressa (Bivalvia: Hyriidae). Molluscan Research 23: 1-20 [1-20]

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] [159, pl. 14, fig. 6]

Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 11: 100-139 [132-133, pl. 4, fig. 41] (as Propehyridella cultelliformis)

Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [71-72, pl. 5, figs 6, 7, pl. 6, figs 6, 10] (p. 73, pl. 5, fig. 10, pl. 6, fig. 7 as Rugoshyria cultelliformis)

Kershaw, R.C. 1956. Victoria fluviatile and lacustrine Molluscs - the Pelecypoda. Victorian Naturalist 73: 51-55 [54] (as Hyridella vicinalis)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [138, fig. 342]

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 [448-452, pl. 11, figs 1-11, pl. 12, figs 1-6]

Smith, E.A. 1881. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-317, pls V-VII [308-309]

Tate, R. 1887. A revision of the Recent lamellibranch and palliobranch Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 76-111 [101]

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] (Depressed Mussel)

Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 11: 100-139 [133] (The Knife-shaped Mussel)

 

History of changes

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