MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae
genus Velesunio Iredale, 1934: synonymy
5 Recent freshwater species (5 total species)
Synonymy
Velesunio Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 59.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
Type species: Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850 (orig. desig.) = Velesunio ambiguus
Centralhyria Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 65.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type species: Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti Adams & Angas, 1863 (orig. desig.) = Velesunio wilsonii
Aparcthyria Iredale, 1934
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Centralhyria Iredale, 1934)
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 67.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190-191.
Type species: Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867 (orig. desig.) = Velesunio angasi
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Velesunio, since 1900.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Microdontia — Haas (1910), Haas (1913), Modell (1964)
Nodularia (s.s.) (Group of N. contradens) — Simpson (1914)
Velesunio — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael (1956), McMichael (1957), ... Ponder et al. (2025), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Lawrie et al. (2026), Prié et al. (2026)
Westralunio — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Aparcthyria — Iredale (1943)
Quaesithyria — Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (Velesunio) — Haas (1969)
