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!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Westralunio carteri

nominal species Unio australis Menke, 1843

‘Lamarck’ Menke, 1843, Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen: 38, sp. 219.
Cotton & Gabriel, 1932, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 157 [as ‘Hyridella’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)

= Westralunio carteri

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) — Klunzinger et al., 2022
+ Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

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