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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 moretonicus (Reeve, 1865): nominal species
     45 specimens available.

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.

Unio moretonicusReeve (1865), E.A. Smith (1874)
Margaron (Unio) morotonicusLea (1870)
Unio australis var. moretonicusE.A. Smith (1882)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) moretonicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio moretonicusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio legrandi Petterd, 1889
Petterd, 1889, Pap. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1889: 81.
Johnston, 1889, unknown publication: 95-96, pl. 1, figs. 6-8, 10; pl. 2, figs. 11, 13-16a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_12905, South Esk River, Tasmania, Australia [-41.783, 147.7 ± 100 km].

Unio legrandiPetterd (1889)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis var. legrandiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio legrandiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Kongim et al. (2015)
Velesunio moretonicusB.J. Smith (1992), Walker et al. (2001)

Unio depressus Reeve, 1864
‘Lamarck’ Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 18, sp. 81.
(misidentified reference to Unio depressa Lamarck, 1819)

Unio depressusReeve (1864)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis var. legrandiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Velesunio legrandiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Margaron (Unio) mortonicus Lea, 1870
‘Reeve’ Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
(error for Unio moretonicus Reeve, 1865)

Margaron (Unio) mortonicusLea (1870)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) moretonicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Diplodon australis May, 1921
‘(Lamarck)’ May, 1921, unknown publication: 21.
May, 1923, unknown publication: pl. 9, fig. 11.
(misidentified reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)

Diplodon australisMay (1921)
Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934)
Velesunio legrandiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934
‘(Kuster)’ Iredale, 1934, Austral. Zool. 8: 60, pl. 3, fig. 5; pl. 4, fig. 5.
‘Kuster’ Iredale, 1943, Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(misidentified reference to Unio shuttleworthi Küster, 1856)

Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934)
Velesunio legrandiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis var. legrandiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) moretonicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon australisMay (1921)
Velesunio shuttleworthiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio legrandiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Kongim et al. (2015)
Velesunio moretonicusMcMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)

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