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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio species Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859): synonymy 244 specimens Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 256, pl. 40, fig. 137. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41817, N.S. Wales.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) wilsonii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Centralhyria wilsonii — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Velesunio wilsonii — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Zieritz et al. (2013), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Ponder et al. (2025) | |
Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti Adams & Angas, 1863
Adams & Angas, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863(27): 417. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1870-10-26-40, Lagoon near Mt. Margaret, Central Australia.
Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) wilsonii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Centralhyria stuarti — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Velesunio wilsonii — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Diplodon bednalli Frierson, 1908 ‘Tate’ Frierson, 1908. Nautilus 21: 118. (misidentified reference to Unio bednalli Tate, 1882)
Velesunio wilsonii — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Centralhyria wilsonii caurina Iredale, 1934
 Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 66, pl. 3, fig. 14; pl. 4, fig. 14. Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859) Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_42241, May River at Meda, Western Australia, Australia [-17.367, 124 ± 10 km].
Centralhyria wilsonii caurina — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Velesunio wilsonii — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992) | |
Hyridella anodontaeformis R.I. Johnson, 1948 R.I. Johnson, 1948. Nautilus 62: 47. (misidentified reference to Unio (Microdontia) anodontaeformis Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
Velesunio wilsonii — McMichael & Hiscock (1958) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) wilsonii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Centralhyria wilsonii — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Centralhyria stuarti — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Centralhyria wilsonii caurina — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943) Velesunio wilsonii — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Cotton (1961), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Zieritz et al. (2013), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Ponder et al. (2025)
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