MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Westralunio
species Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957: synonymy
Synonymy
Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957
Clench, 1957. Breviora (76): 3; text fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_212809, Inland from Daru, Western Div., Papua New Guinea.
Westralunio albertisi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023)
Microdontia albertisi — Modell (1964)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Westralunio albertisi — McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023)
Microdontia albertisi — Modell (1964)
