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 Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio species Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924): specimens1 available nominal species synonym
 Recent Taxonomic OpinionsVelesunio sentaniensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021) RangeNew Guinea. Map of Georeferenced Specimens
 Indonesia|  FMNH_70943
 Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
 |  MCZ_40865
 Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
 |  MCZ_221346
 Lake Sentani, at Nefaar Village, Dutch New Guinea
 |  |  AMS_126024
 Lake Sentani, Meerzeight?, West Papua, Indonesia; 2°36’S, 140°34’E
 |  AMS_92288
 Lake Sentani, near Joka, New Guinea; 2°36’S, 140°37’E
 |  AMS_126027
 Lake Sentani, near Joka, West Papua, Indonesia
 |  |  AMS_126027
 Lake Sentani, near Joka, West Papua, Indonesia
 |  AMS_126025
 Lake Sentani, near Nefaar, West Papua, Indonesia; 2°36’S, 140°34’E
 |  AMS_MP-003
 Lake Sentani, Nefaar, West Irian; 2°40’S, 140°30’E
 |  |  UMMZ_110532
 Lake Sentani, New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean
 |  UMMZ_110532
 Lake Sentani, New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean
 |  UMMZ_110532
 Lake Sentani, New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean
 |  |  FMNH_54522
 Lake Sentani, west bank, near Joka, New Guinea
 |  AMS_126028
 Lake Sentani, West Papua, Indonesia; 2°36’S, 140°34’E
 |  SMF_3535
 Sentani See N. Guinea
 |  |  FMNH_24652
 small creek near Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
 |  AMS_121655
 South end Lake Sentani, West Irian; 2°32’S, 140°43’E
 |  AMS_126029
 trib., Mamberamo River, near Pionierbivak, West Papua, Indonesia
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 Papua New Guinea|  MCZ_182263
 Aitape, British New Guinea
 |  AMS_126030
 Buna Bay, S.E. Papua; 8°40’S, 148°26’E
 |  MCZ_213043
 creek in Botanic Garden, Lae, New Guinea
 |  |  AMS_126260
 Hisiu, 45 mi NW Port Moresby, P.N.G.; 9°04’S, 146°45’E
 |  AMS_126216
 Lae Botanical Garden, P.N.G.
 |  AMS_126031
 Lae Botanical Garden, P.N.G.; 6°45’S, 147°00’E
 |  |  AMS_155877
 Ramu River, Bunapas, Madong Prov. Papua New Guinea
 |  AMS_69394
 Sepik River, near Pagwi, New Guinea
 |  MCZ_221437
 trib. of Ramu River, near Aiome, T.N.G.
 |  |  AMS_126026
 trib., Ramu River, Aiome, P.N.G.; 5°08’S, 144°43’E
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