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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio moretonicus nominal species Unio legrandi Petterd, 1889  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].
= Velesunio moretonicus Taxonomic Opinions= Velesunio legrandi — Kongim et al., 2015 + Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve) — Walker et al., 2001 + Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865) — B.J. Smith, 1992 = Velesunio legrandi (Petterd, 1889) — Haas, 1969 = Velesunio legrandi (Petterd, 1889) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958 + Velesunio shuttleworthi Kuster — Iredale, 1943 + Velesunio shuttleworthi (Kuster, 1855) — Iredale, 1934 = Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis var. legrandi (Petterd, 1889) — Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) australis var. legrandi (Petterd, 1889) — Simpson, 1900
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