Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio ambiguus

nominal species Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847

image of type lot

Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 = Velesunio ambiguus

specimen image from publication‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1847. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 47, pl. 3, fig. 2.
(renamed Unio philippianus Küster, 1861)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_41-4-29-103, Australia.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 287.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Ponder et al., 2025: 2.

= Velesunio cf. ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Ponder et al., 2025: 2.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Klunzinger et al., 2022: 3.

= Velesunio ambiguusKlunzinger et al., 2021: 2954.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.

= Velesunio ambiguusSonowal et al., 2021: 199.

= Velesunio ambiguusLopes-Lima et al., 2020: Table 1.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2020: Table S1.

= Velesunio ambiguusWu et al., 2020: 195.

= Velesunio ambiguusSano et al., 2020: 101.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2019: Table S1.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2018: Table S1.

= Velesunio ambiguusHuang et al., 2018: 302.

= Velesunio ambiguusLopes-Lima et al., 2018: 103.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 178.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [17], Table S1.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Combosch et al., 2017: 195, Table 1.

= Velesunio ambiguusElderkin et al., 2016: [4].

= Velesunio ambiguusSantos-Neto et al., 2016: 151.

= Velesunio ambiguusBolotov et al., 2016: 108, 111.

= Velesunio ambiguusGraf et al., 2015: 3.

= Velesunio ambiguous [sic] (Philippi, 1847) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015: 310.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — González & Giribet, 2015: 44.

= Velesunio ambiguusKongim et al., 2015: 103.

= Velesunio ambiguusZieritz et al., 2015: 82.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Walker et al., 2014: 66.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Marshall et al., 2014: 189.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Bieler et al., 2014: Table 1.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013: 251.

= Velesunio ambiguusZieritz et al., 2013: 278.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Whelan et al., 2011: 506.

= Velesunio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Bogan, 2010: [web].

= Velesunio ambiguusHoeh et al., 2009: 310.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 313.

= Velesunio ambiguous [sic] (Philippi, 1847) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 348.

= Velesunio ambiguusWalker et al., 2006: 272.

= Velesunio ambiguusBaker et al., 2004: 906.

= Velesunio ambiguusHughes et al., 2004: 906.

= Velesunio ambiguusBaker et al., 2003: 2710.

= Velesunio ambigua (Philippi, 1847) — Graf, 2002: 66.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi) — Walker et al., 2001: 9.

= Velesunio ambigua (Philippi, 1847) — Graf, 2000: 16.

= Velesunio ambiguusGraf & Ó Foighil, 2000: 248.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — B.J. Smith, 1992: 19.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Haas, 1969: 491.

= Hyridella (Velesunio) ambigua (Philippi, 1847) — Haas, 1969: N461, fig. D49:3.

= Velesunio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Cotton, 1961: 89, fig. 76.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 388, pl. 1, figs. 1-14; pl. 2, figs. 1-5; pl. 17, figs. 2-3.

= Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — McMichael, 1957: 242.

= Westralunio ambiguus Philippi — Iredale, 1943: 190.

= Westralunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Iredale, 1934: 62, pl. 3, fig. 8; pl. 4, fig. 8.

+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis (‘Lamarck’ Hanley, 1843) — Simpson, 1914: 1298.

+ Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819) Hanley, 1842 — Simpson, 1900: 891.

= Unio (sec. Naïa) ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Paetel, 1890: 144.

+ Unio vittatus Lea — Tate, 1887: 101.

= Unio ambiguus Parreyss — E.A. Smith, 1882: 309.

+ Margaron (Unio) depressus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870: 54.

= Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 69, sp. 355.

+ Unio philippianus Küster — Küster, 1861: 235.

+ Margaron (Unio) australis (Lam.) — Lea, 1852: 28.

= Unio ambiguus ‘Parreyss’ — Philippi, 1847: 47, pl. 3, fig. 2.