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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

nominal species Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 192, pl. 7, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) AMNH_30897, Hunters River, New South Wales, Australia.

= Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834) — B.J. Smith, 1992

+ Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

+ Cucumerunio novaehollandiae Gray — Iredale, 1943

+ Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834) — Iredale, 1934

+ Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiae (Gray, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

+ Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiae (Gray, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio novae-hollandiæ Gray — E.A. Smith, 1882

= Margaron (Unio) cucumoides (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840 — Reeve, 1865

= Unio cucumoides Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Diplodon) cucumoides Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio cucumoides Lea — Hanley, 1856

= Cucumaria cucumoides (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) cucumoides (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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