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

nominal species Unio protovittatus Hale & Tindale, 1930

Unio protovittatus Hale & Tindale, 1930 = Velesunio ambiguus

Hale & Tindale, 1930. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 4: 154, fig. 9.

= Velesunio ambiguus

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= Velesunio protovittatus (Hale & Tindale, 1930) — Ponder et al., 2025

+ 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

 
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