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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Westralunio carteri
nominal species Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934
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].
Taxonomic Opinions
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 287.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Ponder et al., 2025: 2.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Klunzinger, 2023: 96.
= Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) — Klunzinger et al., 2022: 6, fig. 3.
= Westralunio carteri “WcI” — Benson et al., 2022: 560, 565.
= Westralunio carteri “WcII” — Benson et al., 2022: 565.
= Westralunio carteri “WcIII” — Benson et al., 2022: 565.
= Westralunio carteri I — Klunzinger et al., 2021: 2954.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.
= Westralunio carteri II — Klunzinger et al., 2021: 2954.
= Westralunio carteri III — Klunzinger et al., 2021: 2955.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.
= Westralunio carteri — Guerra et al., 2019: 3.
= Westralunio carteri — Santos-Neto et al., 2016: 151.
= Westralunio carteri — Graf et al., 2015: 3.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1944 [sic] — IUCN, 2014: [web].
= Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) — Walker et al., 2014: 66.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Zieritz et al., 2013: 277.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 313.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale — Walker et al., 2001: 9.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — B.J. Smith, 1992: 21.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — Haas, 1969: 497.
= Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 426, pl. 8, figs. 1-10; pl. 17, figs. 4-5.
= Westralunio ambiguus carteri — Iredale, 1943: 190.
= Westralunio ambiguus carteri subsp. nov. — Iredale, 1934: 63.
