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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Hyridella australis

nominal species Unio depressa Lesson, 1830


‘Lamarck’ Lesson, 1830, Voy. Coquille 2(1): 427, pl. 15, figs. 5-5a.
(misidentified reference to Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)

= Hyridella australis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Hyridella (s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis (Conrad, 1850) — Iredale, 1934
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis (‘Lamarck’ Hanley, 1843) — Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819) Hanley, 1842 — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio nepeanensis Conrad — E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Margaron (Unio) depressus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio auratus ‘Swainson MS’ in Mus. Cuming — Reeve, 1865
+ Unio lessoni Küster — Küster, 1855
+ Margaron (Unio) auratus (Swain.) — Lea, 1852
+ Unio obtusa Féruss. — d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Unio depressus Lam. — Hanley, 1843
+ Margarita (Unio) auratus Lea — Lea, 1838
+ Unio (s.s.) obtusa Féruss. — d’Orbigny, 1835

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