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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

genus Westralunio Iredale, 1934: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (5)
Range: Lakes (?) in the vicinity of the Fly River, New Guinea. (Australasia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934
syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (53)
Range: Southwestern Western Australia. (Australasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2c
other links: MolluscaBase

Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (7)
Range: Southern New Guinea. (Australasia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Westralunio inbisi Klunzinger, Whisson, Zieritz, Benson, Stewart & Kirkendale, 2022
syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Southwestern Australia. (Australasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 16S M-type, 18S, 28S, COI, COI M-type
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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