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

nominal species Velesunio balonnensis intricatus Iredale, 1934

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Velesunio balonnensis intricatus Iredale, 1934 = Velesunio ambiguus

specimen image from publicationIredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 60, 76, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 4, fig. 2.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_61725, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [-23.367, 150.533 ± 10 km].

= Velesunio ambiguus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

= Velesunio balonnensis intricatusIredale, 1943

= Velesunio balonnensis intricatus subsp. nov. — Iredale, 1934

 
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