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

nominal species Unio philippianus Küster, 1861

Unio philippianus Küster, 1861 = Velesunio ambiguus

specimen image from publicationKüster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 235, pl. 79, fig. 2.
(new name for Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

= Velesunio ambiguus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Klunzinger et al., 2022

+ 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

+ Westralunio ambiguus Philippi — Iredale, 1943

+ Westralunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) — Iredale, 1934

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

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

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

= Unio philippianus Küster — Küster, 1861

 
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