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

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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.) wilsoniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria wilsoniiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio wilsoniiMcMichael (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.) wilsoniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria stuartiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio wilsoniiMcMichael & 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 wilsoniiMcMichael & 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 caurinaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio wilsoniiMcMichael & 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 wilsoniiMcMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) wilsoniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria wilsoniiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria stuartiIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria wilsonii caurinaIredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Velesunio wilsoniiMcMichael (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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