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!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria pertexta

nominal species Unio angasi E.A. Smith, 1881

‘Sowerby’ E.A. Smith, 1881, J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 307-8. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)

= Alathyria pertexta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Alathyria jacksoni Iredale — Cotton, 1961
+ Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
+ Alathyria pertexta pertexta Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
+ Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
+ Alathyria pertexta sp. nov. — Iredale, 1934

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