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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’].
SYNTYPES BMNH_1880-4-10-6-7, Macquarie River.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) (Group of D. novæ-hollandiæ) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1914)
Virgus novaehollandiae — Thiele (1934)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae — Iredale (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.
HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) AMNH_30897, Hunters River, New South Wales, Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) (Group of D. novæ-hollandiæ) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1914)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae — Iredale (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.
SYNTYPES ZMB_108723, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) (Group of D. novæ-hollandiæ) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1914)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae — Iredale (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.
HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964146, Loc._ ?

Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer — Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of U. caffer) caffer — Simpson (1914)
Cafferia caffra — Haas (1969)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae — B.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 novaehollandiae — Iredale (1934), McMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Unio cumingii Lea, 1870

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

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae — Iredale (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-hollandiæ — Simpson (1900)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer — Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) (Group of D. novæ-hollandiæ) novæ-hollandiæ — Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of U. caffer) caffer — Simpson (1914)
Virgus novaehollandiae — Thiele (1934)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae — Iredale (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 caffra — Haas (1969)