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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Westralunio
species Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934: synonymy
Synonymy
Unio australis Menke, 1843
‘Lamarck’ Menke, 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen: 38, sp. 219.
Cotton & Gabriel, 1932. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 157 [as ‘Hyridella’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)
Westralunio carteri — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
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 — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Centralhyria angasi subjecta Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 67, 76.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio angasi Sowerby, 1867)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1840-10-21-29 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 427), River Avon, South Australia.
Centralhyria angasi subjecta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Westralunio carteri — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934
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 ambiguus carteri — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Westralunio carteri — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Westralunio carteri I — Klunzinger et al. (2021)
Westralunio carteri II — Klunzinger et al. (2021)
Westralunio carteri III — Klunzinger et al. (2021)
Westralunio carteri “WcI” — Benson et al. (2022)
Westralunio carteri “WcII” — Benson et al. (2022)
Westralunio carteri “WcIII” — Benson et al. (2022)
Unio moretonicus E.A. Smith, 1874
‘Reeve’ E.A. Smith, 1874. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Erebus” and “Terror” 2: 3, pl. 4, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio moretonicus Reeve, 1865)
Westralunio carteri — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Klunzinger et al. (2022)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Westralunio ambiguus — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Centralhyria angasi subjecta — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Westralunio ambiguus carteri — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Westralunio carteri — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Westralunio carteri I — Klunzinger et al. (2021)
Westralunio carteri II — Klunzinger et al. (2021)
Westralunio carteri III — Klunzinger et al. (2021)
Westralunio carteri “WcI” — Benson et al. (2022)
Westralunio carteri “WcII” — Benson et al. (2022)
Westralunio carteri “WcIII” — Benson et al. (2022)
