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Sun 06 Oct 2024

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae

genus Velesunio Iredale, 1934: valid species
     3 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
19 synonyms | 612 specimens
Range: Queensland to Southern Australia, eastern Australia. [Australasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, Cytb, H3, ND1.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)
7 synonyms | 303 specimens
Range: Queensland west to Western Australia, northern Australia. [Australasia]
Genbank sequences: COI.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865)
6 synonyms | 45 specimens
Range: Tasmania. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924)
1 synonym | 25 specimens
Range: New Guinea. [Australasia]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859)
5 synonyms | 244 specimens
Range: Northern Australia from New South Wales and Queensland west to Western Australia, and New Guinea. [Australasia]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Page updated: 10:14:30 Sun 06 Oct 2024

 
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