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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
This page documents data for McMichael & Hiscock (1958), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work. The MUSSEL Project Database is moving to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page will be: https://musselpdb.org/fmuotwaolcb/db.php?ty=publ&id=212
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Publication information
McMichael, D.F. & I.D. Hiscock. 1958. A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(3): 372-508 + 19 plates.
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Attributed Genus Names
Echyridella McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958, Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 459.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Hyridella Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio menziesii Gray, 1843 (orig. desig.) = Echyridella menziesii |
Attributed Species Names
Unio zelebori Hutton, 1880
‘Dunker’ of Authors.
Hutton, 1880, Manual New Zealand Mollusca: 161.
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958, Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 460, pl. 14, figs. 10-11.
(misidentified reference to Unio zelebori Dunker, 1866)
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Leiovirgus guppyi aipianus McMichael, 1956
 
McMichael, 1956, Nautilus 70(2): 44, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958, Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 470, pl. 13, fig. 11.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio guppyi E.A. Smith, 1885)
Type(s): PARATYPE AMS_62203, Aipiana, St. Joseph R., New Guinea [-8.417, 146.583 > ± 100 km].
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Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
 
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958, Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 477, pl. 16, figs. 1-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Diplodon websteri Simpson, 1902)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61929, Omaha River, at Leigh, New Zealand [-36.283, 174.817 ± 10 km].
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Alathyria pertexta magnifica McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
 
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958, Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 419, pl. 19, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_62271, Bian River, West Irian, Indonesia.
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Haasodonta vanheurni McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
 
McMichael & Hiscock, 1958, Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 486, pl. 19, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_62269, Boepoel, Merauke River, West Irian, Indonesia.
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Taxonomic Opinions
Alathyria condola Iredale, 1943
Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934
+ Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Alathyria jacksoni alleni Iredale, 1943
+ Alathyria selwyni Iredale, 1943
Alathyria pertexta magnifica McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
Alathyria pertexta pertexta Iredale, 1934
+ Unio shuttleworthii Lea, 1856
+ Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Centralhyria wilsonii Iredale, 1934
+ Alathyria morti Iredale, 1943
Alathyria pertexta wardi (Iredale, 1943)
Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1851)
+ Alathyria vadena Iredale, 1943
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)
+ Naia elongata Swainson, 1840
+ Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840
+ Unio cumingianus Dunker, 1852
+ Unio cumingii Lea, 1870
Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
+ Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953
Cucumerunio websteri websteri (Simpson, 1902)
+ Unio lutulentus Reeve, 1865
Haasodonta fannyae (Johnson, R.I., 1948)
Haasodonta vanheurni McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843)
+ Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
+ Unio menziesianus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio aucklandicus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio zelebori Dunker, 1866
+ Unio lutulentus Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio depauperata Hutton, 1882
+ Unio rugatus Hutton, 1882
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905
+ Diplodon lessoni Suter, 1905
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi acuta Suter, 1907
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) menziesi rugulosus Simpson, 1914
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi aipiana (McMichael, 1956)
Hyridella (Nesonaia) guppyi guppyi (Smith, E.A., 1885)
Hyridella (Protohyridella) glenelgensis (Dennant, 1898)
Hyridella (s.s.) aucklandicus (Gray, 1843)
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953
Hyridella (s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
+ Unio dorsuosus Gould, 1850
+ Unio nepeanensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio lessoni Küster, 1855
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis opportuna Iredale, 1934
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis narracanensis Iredale, 1934
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis novata Iredale, 1943
Hyridella (s.s.) depressa (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio cultelliformis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859
+ Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862
+ Unio mutabilis Reeve, 1865
+ Rugoshyria depressa monticola Iredale, 1934
+ Rugoshyria depressa vicinalis Iredale, 1934
+ Rugoshyria depressa bega Iredale, 1943
+ Rugoshyria depressa lowanna Iredale, 1943
Hyridella (s.s.) drapeta (Iredale, 1934)
+ Hyridunio australis Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridunio australis orion Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridunio renutus Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridunio australis casus Iredale, 1943
Hyridella (s.s.) misoolensis (Schepman, 1897)
+ Virgus lorentzi Schepman, 1919
Hyridella (s.s.) narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)
+ Diplodon mortonicus May, 1923
+ Rugoshyria depressa sodalis Iredale, 1934
+ Propehyridella nepeanensis narracanensis Iredale, 1934
Hyridella aquilonalis Iredale, 1934
Hyridella interserta Iredale, 1934
+ Unio depressus var. mutabilis Hedley & Musson, 1891
Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934
Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868)
Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
+ Unio beauforti Bavay, 1908
Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio vittatus Lea, 1859
+ Unio philippianus Küster, 1861
+ Unio (Alasmodon) evansi Adams & Angas, 1864
+ Unio jeffreysianus Lea, 1871
+ Unio danellii Villa, 1871
+ Hyridella australis E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Unio ambiguus E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Unio protovittatus Hale & Tindale, 1930
+ Velesunio balonnensis intricatus Iredale, 1934
+ Velesunio balonnensis adjunctus Iredale, 1934
+ Velesunio mckeowni Iredale, 1943
+ Velesunio testatus Iredale, 1943
+ Velesunio transitus Iredale, 1943
Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)
+ Unio bednalli Tate, 1882
+ Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Hyridella (Hyridella) bardwelli Clench, 1934
+ Aparcthyria inspecta Iredale, 1943
+ Aparcthyria hemesa Iredale, 1943
+ Quaesithyria fleckeri Iredale, 1943
Velesunio legrandi (Petterd, 1889)
+ Unio depressus Reeve, 1864
+ Diplodon australis May, 1921
+ Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934
Velesunio moretonicus Reeve, 1865
Velesunio ovatus (Haas, 1910)
Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924)
Velesunio shuttleworthi Küster, 1855
Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859)
+ Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti Adams & Angas, 1863
+ Diplodon bednalli Frierson, 1908
+ Centralhyria wilsonii caurina Iredale, 1934
+ Hyridella anodontaeformis R.I. Johnson, 1948
Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
+ Unio (Diplodon) mattirolii Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957
Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934
+ Unio australis Menke, 1843
+ Unio moretonicus E.A. Smith, 1874
+ Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932
+ Centralhyria angasi subjecta Iredale, 1934
Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
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