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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio ambiguus

Specimen AMS_57879: Images

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847), S of Leeton, Swamp at Blue Gate, near Yanco, New South Wales, Australia [-34.6, 146.4 ± 10 km]

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