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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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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 ambiguus — Philippi (1847), Sowerby (1868), E.A. Smith (1882)
Margaron (Unio) australis — Lea (1852)
Unio philippianus — Küster (1861)
Margaron (Unio) depressus — Lea (1870)
Unio vittatus — Tate (1887)
Unio (sec. Naïa) ambiguus — Paetel (1890)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Westralunio ambiguus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael (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) ambigua — Haas (1969)
Velesunio ambigua — Graf (2000), Graf (2002)
Velesunio ambiguous — Graf & 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 philippianus — Küster (1861)
Unio ambiguus — E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Westralunio ambiguus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 balonnensis — Conrad (1850)
Margaron (Unio) depressus — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio depressus — Reeve (1864)
Unio ambiguus — E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio balonnensis — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Hyridella (Velesunio) ambigua — Haas (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 balonensis — Lea (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 vittatus — Lea (1859), Reeve (1864), Tate (1887)
Margaron (Unio) vittatus — Lea (1870)
Unio ambiguus — E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) vittatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio shuttleworthi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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) evansi — Adams & Angas (1864)
Unio evansi — Sowerby (1867), E.A. Smith (1882), Tate (1887)
Margaron (Unio) evansi — Lea (1870)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) evansi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio evansi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 danellii — Villa (1871), E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio danellii — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 jeffreysianus — Lea (1871), E.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) jeffreysianus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio danellii — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 australis — E.A. Smith (1882)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 ambiguus — E.A. Smith (1882)
Velesunio balonnensis — Iredale (1934)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 daniellii — Simpson (1900)

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

Unio protovittatus — Hale & Tindale (1930)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 adjunctus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 intricatus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 mckeowni — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 testatus — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 transitus — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael & 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 ambiguous — Graf & Cummings (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) vittatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) evansi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) jeffreysianus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio daniellii — Simpson (1900)
Unio protovittatus — Hale & Tindale (1930)
Westralunio ambiguus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio balonnensis — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio shuttleworthi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio evansi — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio danellii — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio balonnensis adjunctus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio balonnensis intricatus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio mckeowni — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio testatus — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio transitus — Iredale (1943)
Velesunio ambiguus — McMichael (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) ambigua — Haas (1969)
Velesunio ambigua — Graf (2000), Graf (2002)
Velesunio ambiguous — Graf & Cummings (2006), Pfeiffer & Graf (2015)

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