Species Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Unio angasi Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the genus Unio. pls 55–60. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 16. [pl. 55, sp. 282].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1870.10.26.41, Shangway's River, NT.
• Unio bednalli Tate, R. 1882. The land and freshwater molluscs of tropical South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 5: 47-56 [Dec. 1882] [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D14427, Adelaide River, at the ford, NT.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D13997 (2 specimens); SAMA D13999 (5 specimens).
• Hyridella (Hyridella) bardwelli Clench, W.J. 1934. A new Hyridella (Mutelidae) from Australia. Journal of Conchology 20: 89-90 [89].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 41999, lower reaches of the Glenelg River, Kimberley Division, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 42000 (11 specimens); AM C61729 (3 specimens); SAMA D14015 (1 specimen).
• Quaesithyria fleckeri Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [191].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C61722, Hodgkinson River, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) AM C61722 (2 specimens).
• Aparcthyria hemesa Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [191].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C61739, Wenlock Downs, Batavia River, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C61833 (7 specimens).
• Aparcthyria inspecta Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [191].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C61637, Holmes Creek, 12 miles NE of Darwin, NT.
  Paratype(s) AM C61638 (3 specimens & 1 valve); MCZ 196597 (1 specimen); AM C61639 (11 specimens); QM MO2801 (1 valve); AM C61640 (8 specimens); AM C61641 (2 specimens & 1 valve); QM MO2802 (1 specimen); NMV F17043 (1 specimen).

 

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 [401]

 

Generic Combinations

• Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867). —
  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 [401]
• Centralhyria (Aparcthyria) angasi (Sowerby, 1867). —
  Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [66-67, pl. 5, fig. 4, pl. 6, fig. 1]
• Aparcthyria angasi (Sowerby, 1867). —
  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [190]
• Anodon angasii (Sowerby, 1867). —
  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 [401]
• Centralhyria bednalli (Tate, 1882). —
  Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [67]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal streams and lagoons from west coast of Cape York, QLD to Lennard River, northern WA

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pine Creek (PCK)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal rivers

 

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. 3]

Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8(1): 57-78 pls iii-vi [66-67] (p. 67 also as Centralhyria bednalli)

Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [190] (as Centralhyria bednalli)

Klunzinger, M.W., Morgan, D.L., Lymbery, A.J., Ebner, B.C., Beatty, S.J. & Thomson, G.L. 2010. Discovery of a host fish for glochidia of Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Hyriidae) from the Fortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 58: 263-266 [263-266]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [142]

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 [401-405, pl. 3, figs 4-12; pl. 4, 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 [307-308] (in part)

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] (Angas's 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
16-Nov-2010		16-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)