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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio ambiguus

nominal species Unio vittatus Lea, 1859

Unio vittatus Lea, 1859 = Velesunio ambiguus

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

= Velesunio ambiguus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Haas, 1969

+ Velesunio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 — Cotton, 1961

+ Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

+ Velesunio shuttleworthi Kuster — Iredale, 1943

+ Velesunio shuttleworthi (Kuster, 1855) — Iredale, 1934

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

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

= Unio vittatus Lea — Tate, 1887

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

= Margaron (Unio) vittatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio vittatus Lea, 1859 — Reeve, 1864