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

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This page documents data for Klunzinger et al. (2022), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Klunzinger, M.W., C. Whisson, A. Zieritz, J.A. Benson, B.A. Stewart & L. Kirkendale. 2022. Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia. Scientific Reports 12. 20385 (20 pp.).

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Attributed Species Names

Westralunio inbisi meridiemus Klunzinger et al., 2022
Klunzinger et al., 2022, Sci. Repts. 12: 11, fig. 7D.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Westralunio inbisi Klunzinger et al., 2022)

Westralunio inbisi Klunzinger et al., 2022
Klunzinger et al., 2022, Sci. Repts. 12: 10, figs. 7A-C.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio philippianus Küster, 1861

Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957

Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934)
+ Unio australis Menke, 1843
+ Unio moretonicus E.A. Smith, 1874
+ Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932
+ Centralhyria angasi subjecta Iredale, 1934

Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Westralunio inbisi inbisi subsp. nov.
+ Westralunio carteri Klunzinger et al., 2021

Westralunio inbisi meridiemus subsp. nov.
+ Westralunio carteri Klunzinger et al., 2021

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