Velesunio

Velesunio ambiguus

Iredale, 1934 – Australia

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
INHS 11430. Murrumbidgee River, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia.

Type Species: Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850 [=Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)] (by original designation).

Original Citation: Iredale, T. 1934. The freshwater mussels of Australia. Australian Zoologist 8:57-78.

Remarks: McMichael & Hiscock (1958:387) discuss generic synomyms and other nomenclatorial problems in this group.

Generic SynonymsCentralhyria Iredale, 1934, Aparcthyria Iredale, 1934 (McMichael & Hiscock, 1958:387; Haas, 1969:491).