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Bivalvia | Unionoida | 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

Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 67.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190-191.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Centralhyria Iredale, 1934)
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)
Velesunio — Iredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael (1956), McMichael (1957), ... Klunzinger et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sonowal et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Westralunio — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Aparcthyria — Iredale (1943)
Quaesithyria — Iredale (1943)
Hyridella (Velesunio) — Haas (1969)

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