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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025
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Bivalvia
| Unionoida
| Hyrioidea
| Hyriidae
| Velesunioninae
| Velesunio
species Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865): specimens2 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Velesunio moretonicus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021) Velesunio legrandi — Kongim et al. (2015)
Range
Tasmania.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Australia
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 CM_61.1533 200 miles from seacoast of East Australia
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 USNM_40861 Australia
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 ANSP_64901 Avea [?] River, Lewis Hill, Tasmania
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 ANSP_64901 Avea [?] River, Lewis Hill, Tasmania
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 AMS_61711 Blackman R., at Tunbridge, Tasmania, Australia [-42.15, 147.417 ± 10 km]
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 AMS_125974 Blackman River, Tasmania, Australia [-42.15, 146.917 ± 10 km]
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 MCZ_190268 Blackmann’s River, Tasmania
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 AMS_125976 Cressy, S of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia [-41.7, 147.083 ± 10 km]
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 ANSP_71733 Currency Ck., trib. of Murray R., Aust.
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 ANSP_71733 Currency Ck., trib. of Murray R., Aust.
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 DMNH_78644 Currency Creek, Murray River, Australia
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 BMNH_MP_065 Derwent River, V.D. Land
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 BMNH_MP_065 Derwent River, V.D. Land
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 AMS_61896 Liffey Falls, Tasmania, Australia [-41.7, 146.767 ± 1 km]
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 AMS_125977 Liffey River, Tasmania, Australia [-41.667, 146.933 ± 100 km]
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 AMS_61710 Macquarie R at Campbell Town, near junction with Elizabeth R, Tasmania, Australia [-41.935, 147.43 ± 10 km]
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 AMS_125975 Macquarie R, Ross, Tasmania, Australia [-42.032, 147.488 ± 1 km]
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 MCZ_190269 Macquarie River, near junction with Elizabeth River at Campbell town, Tasmania
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 MCZ_197493 Macquarie River, Tasmania
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 BMNH_1958-5-16-1 Moreton Bay, Australia
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 BMNH_1958-5-16-1 Moreton Bay, Australia
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 BMNH_1958-5-16-1 Moreton Bay, Australia
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 USNM_40859 Moreton Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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 DMNH_172976 North Esk River, Tasmania, Australia
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 BMNH_MP_106 Northern Tasmania
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 AMS_159236 Royal George, St Pauls R (On stones and weed in fast flowing part river.), Tasmania, Australia [-41.821, 147.889 ± 1 km]
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 MCZ_85123 South Esk River, Tasmania
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 AMS_61880 South Esk River, Tasmania, Australia [-41.566, 147.181 ± 100 km]
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 AMS_12905 South Esk River, Tasmania, Australia [-41.783, 147.7 ± 100 km]
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 USNM_853935 St. Pauls River, at Royal Gorge, Tasmania
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 ANSP_65246 St. Pauls River, Avoca, N. Tasmania
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 AMS_47313 St. Pauls River, Lewis Hill, Avoca, Tasmania, Australia [-41.783, 147.717 ± 1 km]
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 AMS_62150 St. Pauls River, Lewis Hill, Avoca, Tasmania, Australia [-41.783, 147.717]
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 AMS_126311B Tasmania
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 AMS_42293 Tasmania
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 AMS_47304 Tasmania
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 BMNH_41-3-24-49 Tasmania
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 BMNH_MP_134 Tasmania
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 USNM_149640 Tasmania
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 USNM_149640 Tasmania
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 USNM_170113 Tasmania
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 USNM_568987 Tasmania
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 USNM_853893 Tasmania
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 USNM_853893 Tasmania
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 ZMB_MP_0435 Tasmania
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 UMMZ_111893_01 Tasmania, Australia
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 UMMZ_111893_01 Tasmania, Australia
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 ZMB_9118 Tasmanien
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 AMS_126270 Tullochgorum, South Esk R, Tasmania, Australia [-41.667, 147.892 ± 10 km]
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 BMNH_1958-5-16-2 Van Dieman’s Land [Tasmania]
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 USNM_85719 Van Dieman’s Land [Tasmania]
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 USNM_85719 Van Dieman’s Land [Tasmania]
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 ZMB_9198 Van Dieman’s Land [Tasmania]
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AMS_433816. Australia
Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
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