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Publication Petterd (1889): summary

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Full Citation

Petterd. 1889. Pap. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1889.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio legrandi Petterd, 1889 = Velesunio moretonicus

Petterd, 1889. Pap. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1889: 81.
Johnston, 1889. unknown publication: 95-96, pl. 1, figs. 6-8, 10; pl. 2, figs. 11, 13-16a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMS_12905, South Esk River, Tasmania, Australia [-41.783, 147.7 ± 100 km].

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