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 Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932

‘Philippi’ Cotton & Gabriel, 1932, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 157.
Iredale, 1934, Austral. Zool. 8: 62, pl. 3, fig. 8; pl. 4, fig. 8 [as ‘Westralunio ambiguus’]. [in part]
Iredale, 1943, Austral. Zool. 10: 190 [as ‘Westralunio ambiguus’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

= Westralunio carteri

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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