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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio angasi

nominal species Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867

‘Lea, MS’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 55, sp. 282.
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 32, sp. 127 [as ‘Anodon angasii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_70-10-26-41, Strangways River, Arnheim Land, North Australia.

= Velesunio angasi

Taxonomic Opinions

= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Velesunio angasi — Santos-Neto et al., 2016
= Velesunio angasi — Zieritz et al., 2015
= Velesunio angasi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1867) — Walker et al., 2014
= Velesunio angasi — Zieritz et al., 2013
= Velesunio angasi Sowerby, 1867 — Bogan, 2010
= Velesunio angasi — Hoeh et al., 2009
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
= Velesunio angasi — Walker et al., 2006
= Velesunio angasi — Baker et al., 2004
= Velesunio angasi — Baker et al., 2003
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Roe & Hoeh, 2003
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Hoeh et al., 2002
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby) — Walker et al., 2001
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Hoeh et al., 2001
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — B.J. Smith, 1992
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Haas, 1969
= Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
= Centralhyria angasi Sowerby — Iredale, 1943
= Centralhyria angasi (Sowerby, 1867) — Iredale, 1934
+ Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (Hyridella sec. Cucumaria) shuttleworthii (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio angasi Lea — E.A. Smith, 1882
= Anodon angasi Lea — Sowerby, 1870
+ Margaron (Unio) depressus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
= Unio angasi ‘Lea, MS’ Sowerby, 1867 — Sowerby, 1867

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