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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio ambiguus

nominal species 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.

= Velesunio ambiguus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Klunzinger et al., 2022
= Velesunio ambiguus — Klunzinger et al., 2021
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Velesunio ambiguus — Sonowal et al., 2021
= Velesunio ambiguus — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2020
= Velesunio ambiguus — Wu et al., 2020
= Velesunio ambiguus — Sano et al., 2020
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Huang et al., 2019
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2019
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2018
= Velesunio ambiguus — Huang et al., 2018
= Velesunio ambiguus — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Combosch et al., 2017
= Velesunio ambiguus — Elderkin et al., 2016
= Velesunio ambiguus — Santos-Neto et al., 2016
= Velesunio ambiguus — Bolotov et al., 2016
= Velesunio ambiguus — Graf et al., 2015
= Velesunio ambiguous [sic] (Philippi, 1847) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — González & Giribet, 2015
= Velesunio ambiguus — Kongim et al., 2015
= Velesunio ambiguus — Zieritz et al., 2015
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Walker et al., 2014
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Marshall et al., 2014
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bieler et al., 2014
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013
= Velesunio ambiguus — Zieritz et al., 2013
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Whelan et al., 2011
= Velesunio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Bogan, 2010
= Velesunio ambiguus — Hoeh et al., 2009
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Velesunio ambiguous [sic] (Philippi, 1847) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
= Velesunio ambiguus — Walker et al., 2006
= Velesunio ambiguus — Baker et al., 2004
= Velesunio ambiguus — Hughes et al., 2004
= Velesunio ambiguus — Baker et al., 2003
= Velesunio ambigua (Philippi, 1847) — Graf, 2002
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi) — Walker et al., 2001
= Velesunio ambigua (Philippi, 1847) — Graf, 2000
= Velesunio ambiguus — Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — B.J. Smith, 1992
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Haas, 1969
= Hyridella (Velesunio) ambigua (Philippi, 1847) — Haas, 1969
= Velesunio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Cotton, 1961
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — McMichael, 1957
= Westralunio ambiguus Philippi — Iredale, 1943
= Westralunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Iredale, 1934
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis (‘Lamarck’ Hanley, 1843) — Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819) Hanley, 1842 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (sec. Naïa) ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Paetel, 1890
+ Unio vittatus Lea — Tate, 1887
= Unio ambiguus Parreyss — E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Margaron (Unio) depressus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
= Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio philippianus Küster — Küster, 1861
+ Margaron (Unio) australis (Lam.) — Lea, 1852
= Unio ambiguus ‘Parreyss’ — Philippi, 1847

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