Velesunio ambiguous
| Velesunio ambiguous | |
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| View of the right valve of Velesunio ambiguous, from Ashley via Moree, Australia. | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Hyriidae |
| Subfamily: | Velesunioninae |
| Genus: | Velesunio |
| Species: | V. ambiguous |
| Binomial name | |
| Velesunio ambiguous (Philippi, 1847) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Velesunio ambiguous, common name The Flood Plain Mussel,[3] is a species of freshwater bivalve in the Hyriidae family.
There are four other cryptic species in the genus Velesunio (which all look similar to Velesunio ambiguous) in Australia.[4]
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Comparison of the size of Velesunio ambiguous with a man's hand. This shell is 85 mm long and 49 mm wide.
Distribution
Australia: Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.[3]
Biotope
Static waters.[3]
Life cycle
The lifespan of this clam is over 20 years.[3]
It can survive temperatures from around 4 °C to over 30 °C.[3]
Human uses
Velesunio ambiguous serves as a food for Australian Aborigines, although its flesh is tough.[3]
This species can also be used in fish ponds to filter microscopic algae out of the water.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 March 2009.
- ↑ OZ: Freshwater Mussels of Australasia (beta). The MUSSEL Project Web Site: MUSSELpws, last updated 2 January 2008, accessed 10 March 2009
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2007. Freshwater Mussels - Velesunio ambiguous. Environmental Remediation of Wetlands and Dams. Aquablue Seafoods. online, accessed 13 March 2009.
- ↑ Fawcett J.H., Hughes J.M. & Baker A.M. 2006. Conservation of the Australian freshwater mussel. Applications of Genetics in Freshwater Ecology, NABS Annual meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.
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