Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Cucumerunio

species Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834): synonymy

103 specimens + 3 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

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Unio novaehollandiae Gray, 1834

Gray, 1834. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1834: 57 [as ‘novæ hollandiæ’].
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1880-4-10-6-7, Macquarie River.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1914)
Virgus novaehollandiaeThiele (1934)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Lawrie et al. (2026), Prié et al. (2026)

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Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
specimen image from publicationLea, 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.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1914)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Unio cumingianus Dunker, 1852

Dunker, 1852. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 9: 53.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108723, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1914)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992)

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Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 245 [63], pl. 37, fig. 124.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964146, Loc._ ?

Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) cafferSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of Unio caffer) cafferSimpson (1914)
Cafferia caffraHaas (1969)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeB.J. Smith (1992)

Unio naviglioformis ‘Lea’ of Authors

(error for Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
‘Lea’ F.R. Woodward, 1984. Durban Mus. Novit. 13(16): 195.
‘Lea’ B.J. Smith, 1992. Zoo. Cat. Australia 8: 17.

Naia elongata Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 285. [nomen nudum]

Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Unio cumingii Lea, 1870

(error for Unio cumingianus Dunker, 1852)
‘Dunker’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.

Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Unio navigoliformis Simpson, 1900

(error for Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859)
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 825.
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 575.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) cafferSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of Unio caffer) cafferSimpson (1914)
Virgus novaehollandiaeThiele (1934)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Lawrie et al. (2026), Prié et al. (2026)
Cafferia caffraHaas (1969)