Velesunio
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|authority = Iredale, 1934
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Velesunio is a genus of medium to large sized mussels in the family Hyriidae.
Distribution
Velesunio are found on mainland Australia and Tasmania. Velesunio also occur in Papua New Guinea.{{Cite web|url=http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/velesunio.htm|title=Velesunio - fact sheet|website=keys.lucidcentral.org|access-date=2018-01-21}}
Habitat and ecology
List of species
A list of species included in the genus of Velesunio:
- Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847){{Cite web|url=http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/velesunio_ambiguus.htm|title=Velesunio ambiguus - fact sheet|website=keys.lucidcentral.org|access-date=2018-01-21}}
- Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867){{Cite web|url=http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/velesunio_angasi.htm|title=Velesunio angasi - fact sheet|website=keys.lucidcentral.org|access-date=2018-01-21}}
- Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865){{Cite web|url=http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/velesunio_moretonicus.htm|title=Velesunio moretonicus - fact sheet|website=keys.lucidcentral.org|access-date=2018-01-21}}
- Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924){{Cite web|url=http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/db/db.php?h=s&c=Velesunio+&l=sci_name&button=Submit|
title=The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)|website=MUSSELp}}
- Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859){{Cite web|url=http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/velesunio_wilsoni.htm|title=Velesunio wilsoni - fact sheet|website=keys.lucidcentral.org|access-date=2018-01-21}}
Note:
Species of Velesunio may appear very similar in appearance to those of Alathyria, Hyridella, Cucumerunio and Westralunio.
The type species for this genus is Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850 collected from the Balonne River, New South Wales.
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