The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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

nominal species Velesunio shuttleworthi Iredale, 1934

‘(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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