Cucumerunio
Iredale, 1934
Species List
and Synonymy
Taxonomic References: McMichael & Hiscock 1958; Smith 1992.
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1. Cucumerunio novaehollandiae
(Gray, 1834)
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- Distribution:
SE coastal, NE coastal, NSW, QLD (McMichael & Hiscock
1958:425; Smith 1992:15).
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- Synonymy:
- Unio novae-hollandiae Gray, 1834.
- [Various undescribed shells.] Proceedings
of the Zoological Society of London 1834(19):57-58.
- Type Locality: Macquarrie [Macquarie] River, [Port Macquarie],
[New South Wales], New Holland [Australia].
- Syntypes:
BMNH 1880-4-10-6.
Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840.
- Descriptions of new freshwater and
land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
1(13):284-289.
- Type Locality: Hunter's [Hunter] River, New South Wales,
[Australia].
- Holotype:
AMNH 30897.
Unio cumingianus Dunker, 1852.
- Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Zeitschrift
für Malakozoologie 9:49-62,125-128,189-191 [1852]; 10:58-60,95-96,110-112
[1853].
- Type Locality: [New South Wales], New Holland [Australia].
- Holotype:
[Lost].
Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859.
- Descriptions of twenty-one new species
of exotic Unionidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia 11:151-154.
- Type Locality: unknown [Australia]. Type locality by inference
of Woodward (1984).
- Holotype:
BMNH 1964.146
- Remarks:
Woodward (1984) resurrected Unio navigioliformis Lea,
1859 from the synonymy of Cafferia caffer (Krauss, 1848)
where it was placed by Simpson (1900:828) and Haas (1969:155)
and placed it in Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934. Specific epithet
consistantly misspelled as naviglioformis by Woodward
(1984) and Smith (1992:16).
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