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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Bivalvia (class) » Unionoida (order) » Hyriidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 288010 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | There is likely to be more than one species included in the current definition of this species. There is only a single record of this species from outside of mainland Australia (from New Guinea), and its occurence outside of Australia needs to be confirmed. | ||||
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Record source: | Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden |
Scientific Name verified against: | Walker, K.F., Jones, H.A., Klunzinger, M.W., 2014. Bivalves in a bottleneck: taxonomy, phylogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) in Australasia., Hydrobiologia, Vol. 735: 61-79. |