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

nominal species Unio vittatus Lea, 1859

image of type lot

Unio vittatus Lea, 1859 = Velesunio ambiguus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 249, pl. 38, fig. 128.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1958-4-3-1, Australia.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — B.J. Smith, 1992: 20.

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

+ Velesunio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Cotton, 1961: 90.

+ Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 388, pl. 1, figs. 13-14; pl. 2, fig. 1.

+ Velesunio shuttleworthi Kuster — Iredale, 1943: 190.

+ Velesunio shuttleworthi (Kuster, 1855) — Iredale, 1934: 60.

= Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) vittatus (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914: 1296.

= Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) vittatus (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900: 890.

= Unio vittatus Lea — Tate, 1887: 101.

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

= Margaron (Unio) vittatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 35.

= Unio vittatus Lea, 1859 — Reeve, 1864: pl. 18, sp. 83.