The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio moretonicus

nominal species Unio moretonicus Reeve, 1865

Reeve, 1865, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 24, sp. 118.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE BMNH_1958-5-16-1, Moreton Bay, Australia.

= Velesunio moretonicus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — Walker et al., 2014
= Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — IUCN, 2014
= Velesunio moretonicus Reeve, 1865 — Bogan, 2010
= Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve) — Walker et al., 2001
= Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865) — B.J. Smith, 1992
= Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — Haas, 1969
= Velesunio moretonicus Reeve, 1865 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
+ Velesunio shuttleworthi Kuster — Iredale, 1943
+ Velesunio shuttleworthi (Kuster, 1855) — Iredale, 1934
= Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — Simpson, 1914
= Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) moretonicus (Reeve, 1865) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio australis var. moretonicus Reeve — E.A. Smith, 1882
= Unio moretonicus Reeve — E.A. Smith, 1874
= Margaron (Unio) morotonicus [sic] (Reeve) — Lea, 1870
= Unio moretonicus Reeve, 1865 — Reeve, 1865

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