Marine Species Traits - Velesunioninae Iredale, 1934

Traits taxon details

Velesunioninae Iredale, 1934

AphiaID

1333995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1333995)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Velesunio Iredale, 1934

Parent

Hyriidae Swainson, 1840

Original name

Velesunioninae Iredale, 1934

Direct children (6)

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Genus Alathyria Iredale, 1934
Genus Lortiella Modell, 1942
Genus Microdontia Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Genus Prohyria McMichael, 1957 †
Genus Velesunio Iredale, 1934
Genus Westralunio Iredale, 1934

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Iredale, T. (1934). The freshwater mussels of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(1): 57-78, pls 3-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709650
page(s): 58 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Velesunioninae Iredale, 1934. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333995 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Velesunioninae Iredale, 1934. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333995 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-17 11:51:01Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2024-10-12 14:39:58Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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Sources (2)

original description Iredale, T. (1934). The freshwater mussels of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(1): 57-78, pls 3-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709650
page(s): 58 [details]

basis of record Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]