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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio

species Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847): nominal species
     612 specimens available.

Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847
‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1847, Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 47, pl. 3, fig. 2.
(renamed Unio philippianus Küster, 1861)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_41-4-29-103, Australia.

Unio ambiguusPhilippi (1847), Sowerby (1868), E.A. Smith (1882)
Margaron (Unio) australisLea (1852)
Unio philippianusKüster (1861)
Margaron (Unio) depressusLea (1870)
Unio vittatusTate (1887)
Unio (sec. Naïa) ambiguusPaetel (1890)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Westralunio ambiguusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael (1957), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Hyridella (Velesunio) ambiguaHaas (1969)
Velesunio ambiguaGraf (2000), Graf (2002)
Velesunio ambiguousGraf & Cummings (2006), Pfeiffer & Graf (2015)

Unio philippianus Küster, 1861
Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 235, pl. 79, fig. 2.
(new name for Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

Unio philippianusKüster (1861)
Unio ambiguusE.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Westralunio ambiguusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Klunzinger et al. (2022)

Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850
Conrad, 1850, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_189249, Balonne River, Australia.

Unio balonnensisConrad (1850)
Margaron (Unio) depressusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio depressusReeve (1864)
Unio ambiguusE.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio balonnensisIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (Velesunio) ambiguaHaas (1969)

Unio balonensis Lea, 1852
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33.
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 18, sp. 81.
(error for Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850)

Unio balonensisLea (1852)

Unio vittatus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 249, pl. 38, fig. 128.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1958-4-3-1, Australia.

Unio vittatusLea (1859), Reeve (1864), Tate (1887)
Margaron (Unio) vittatusLea (1870)
Unio ambiguusE.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) vittatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Unio (Alasmodon) evansi Adams & Angas, 1864
Adams & Angas, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 39.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_40-10-26-42, Lagoons of Lower Murray River, South Australia.

Unio (Alasmodon) evansiAdams & Angas (1864)
Unio evansiSowerby (1867), E.A. Smith (1882), Tate (1887)
Margaron (Unio) evansiLea (1870)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) evansiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio evansiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Unio danellii Villa, 1871
Villa, 1871, J. de Conch. 19: 328.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0038, Australia meridionale.

Unio danelliiVilla (1871), E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio danelliiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Unio jeffreysianus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 188.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 23, pl. 7, fig. 20.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84849, Australia.

Unio jeffreysianusLea (1871), E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) jeffreysianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio danelliiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Hyridella australis E.A. Smith, 1882
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1882, J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 309.
Ortmann, 1912, Nautilus 25(9): 100.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1297.
Cotton & Gabriel, 1932, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 155, pl. 16, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)

Hyridella australisE.A. Smith (1882)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961)

Unio ambiguus E.A. Smith, 1882
‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1882, J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 309. [in part]
(reference to Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

Unio ambiguusE.A. Smith (1882)
Velesunio balonnensisIredale (1934)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Unio daniellii Simpson, 1900
‘Villa’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 891.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1298.
(error for Unio danellii Villa, 1871)

Unio danielliiSimpson (1900)

Unio protovittatus Hale & Tindale, 1930
Hale & Tindale, 1930, Rec. South Austral. Mus. 4: 154, fig. 9.

Unio protovittatusHale & Tindale (1930)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Velesunio balonnensis adjunctus Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934, Austral. Zool. 8: 59, 76, pl. 3, fig. 3; pl. 4, fig. 3.
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Natural. 11: 88.
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_12003, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia [-28.867, 153.05 ± 100 km].

Velesunio balonnensis adjunctusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Velesunio balonnensis intricatus Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934, Austral. Zool. 8: 60, 76, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 4, fig. 2.
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61725, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [-23.367, 150.533 ± 10 km].

Velesunio balonnensis intricatusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Velesunio mckeowni Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Natural. 11: 88, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61721, Murrumbidgee River at Leeton, New South Wales, Australia [-34.617, 146.383 ± 10 km].

Velesunio mckeowniIredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Velesunio testatus Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Natural. 11: 88.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_61699, Murray River at Benthagi (Backwater), New South Wales, Australia.

Velesunio testatusIredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Velesunio transitus Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Natural. 11: 89.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61691, Nepean River nr Camden, New South Wales, Australia [-34.067, 150.7 ± 10 km].

Velesunio transitusIredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

Velesunio ambiguous Graf & Cummings, 2006
‘Philippi’ Graf & Cummings, 2006, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348, table 2.
‘Philippi’ Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): [4].
(error for Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

Velesunio ambiguousGraf & Cummings (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) vittatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) evansiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) jeffreysianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio danielliiSimpson (1900)
Unio protovittatusHale & Tindale (1930)
Westralunio ambiguusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio balonnensisIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio evansiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio danelliiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio balonnensis adjunctusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio balonnensis intricatusIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio mckeowniIredale (1943)
Velesunio testatusIredale (1943)
Velesunio transitusIredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguusMcMichael (1957), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Hyridella (Velesunio) ambiguaHaas (1969)
Velesunio ambiguaGraf (2000), Graf (2002)
Velesunio ambiguousGraf & Cummings (2006), Pfeiffer & Graf (2015)

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