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

nominal species Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934

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Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934 = Westralunio carteri

Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 63, 76.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMS_61724 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 427), Victoria Reservoir, Darling Range, 12 mls E of Perth, Western Australia, Australia [-32.05, 116.067 ± 10 km].

= Westralunio carteri

Taxonomic Opinions

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Klunzinger, 2023

= Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) — Klunzinger et al., 2022

= Westralunio carteri “WcI”Benson et al., 2022

= Westralunio carteri “WcII”Benson et al., 2022

= Westralunio carteri “WcIII”Benson et al., 2022

= Westralunio carteri IKlunzinger et al., 2021

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Westralunio carteri IIKlunzinger et al., 2021

= Westralunio carteri IIIKlunzinger et al., 2021

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Huang et al., 2019

= Westralunio carteriGuerra et al., 2019

= Westralunio carteriSantos-Neto et al., 2016

= Westralunio carteriGraf et al., 2015

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1944 [sic] — IUCN, 2014

= Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) — Walker et al., 2014

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Zieritz et al., 2013

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Bogan, 2010

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Westralunio carteri Iredale — Walker et al., 2001

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — B.J. Smith, 1992

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Haas, 1969

= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

= Westralunio ambiguus carteriIredale, 1943

= Westralunio ambiguus carteri subsp. nov. — Iredale, 1934

 
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