Species Hyridella (Hyridella) narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Propehyridella narracanensis 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F629, Narracan River, Thorpdale, Gippsland, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV F13734 (3 specimens); SAMA D14007 (2 specimens); AM C62019 (1 specimen); AM C57941 (2 specimens).
• Rugoshyria depressa sodalis Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D15988, locality unknown.

 

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 [452]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hyridella narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932). —
  Kershaw, R.C. 1956. Victoria fluviatile and lacustrine Molluscs - the Pelecypoda. Victorian Naturalist 73: 51-55 [54]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosatal streams of Victoria east of Yarra River, and Tamar River system, Tasmania

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • 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]

Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 11: 100-139 [133, pl. 4, fig. 42]

Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [74] (in part)

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

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [138, fig. 343]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 9, fig. 12]

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 [452-454, pl. 12, figs 7-12, pl. 18, fig. 3]

Playford, T.J. & K.F. Walker 2007. Status of the endangered Glenelg River Mussel Hyridella glenelgensis (Unionoida: Hyriidae) in Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18: 679-691 [2008 issue] [679-691]

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

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

 

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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)