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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyridellini

genus Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Cucumaria Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(homonym of Blainville, 1830 [Echin.])
Type species: Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Cucumeria Simpson, 1900
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 889.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 817 [1246].
(error for Cucumaria Conrad, 1853)

Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 75.
Type species: Unio novaehollandiae Gray, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia)Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Cafferia)Simpson (1914)
VirgusThiele (1934)
CucumerunioIredale (1934), Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), ... Graf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Klunzinger et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
CafferiaHaas (1969)

 
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