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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini | Cucumerunio

species Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834): synonymy

103 specimens

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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) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Virgus novaehollandiaeThiele (1934)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), ... Graf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Klunzinger et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022)

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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) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1900), Simpson (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. Z. Malak. 9: 53.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108723, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia.

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1900), Simpson (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) cafferSimpson (1914)
Cafferia caffraHaas (1969)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeB.J. Smith (1992)

Unio naviglioformis F.R. Woodward, 1984

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

Naia elongata Swainson, 1840

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

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

Unio cumingii Lea, 1870

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

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

Unio navigoliformis Simpson, 1900

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

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) novae-hollandiaeSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) cafferSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) cafferSimpson (1914)
Virgus novaehollandiaeThiele (1934)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiaeIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), ... Graf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Klunzinger et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Cafferia caffraHaas (1969)

 
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