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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio moretonicus

nominal species Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934

Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934 = Velesunio moretonicus

specimen image from publication‘(Kuster)’ Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 60, pl. 3, fig. 5; pl. 4, fig. 5.
‘Kuster’ Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(misidentified reference to Unio shuttleworthi Küster, 1856)

= Velesunio moretonicus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Velesunio legrandi (Petterd, 1889) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

 
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