Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Lortiella

species Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lortiella rugata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Graf & Cummings (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Lortiella rugatus — Zieritz et al. (2013), Marshall et al. (2014)
Lortiella sp. — Santos-Neto et al. (2016)

Range

Victoria and Ord rivers of Western Australia and Northern Territory. (Australasia: AU2)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Lortiella rugata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Australia

image of lot AMS_113749
AMS_113749
195 km W of Katherine, Victoria R, ca 1.5km upstream from bridge on Victoria Hwy (Shallow water, under rocks in gravel), Northern Territory, Australia [-15.6, 131.117 ± 10 km]

image of lot ZMB_MP_0451
ZMB_MP_0451
Australia

image of lot ZMB_MP_0458
ZMB_MP_0458
Australia

image of lot AMNH_61955
AMNH_61955
Australia

image of lot BMNH_44-1-12-7
BMNH_44-1-12-7
Australia

image of lot BMNH_44-1-12-7
BMNH_44-1-12-7
Australia

image of lot UMMZ_112701
UMMZ_112701
Australia [SE Asia]

image of lot INHS_16214
INHS_16214
Katherine River, near the entrance to Katherine River Gorge National Park, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia

image of lot AMS_371676
AMS_371676
Victoria R at Coolibah Stn Rd, Northern Territory, Australia [-15.555, 130.963 ± 100 m]

image of lot AMS_371676
AMS_371676
Victoria R at Coolibah Stn Rd, Northern Territory, Australia [-15.555, 130.963 ± 100 m]

image of lot BMNH_57-11-18-28
BMNH_57-11-18-28
Victoria River

image of lot BMNH_57-11-18-28
BMNH_57-11-18-28
Victoria River

image of lot BMNH_41-11-25-58-59
BMNH_41-11-25-58-59
Victoria River, N Australia

image of lot BMNH_MP_367
BMNH_MP_367
Victoria River, N. Australia

image of lot BMNH_44-1-12-160
BMNH_44-1-12-160
Victoria River, N. Australia

image of lot BMNH_44-1-12-160
BMNH_44-1-12-160
Victoria River, N. Australia

image of lot USNM_853936
USNM_853936
Victoria River, Norrtern Territory, Australia

WAM_S13773. Behn R, East Kimberley, nr Argyle Downs HS, Western Australia, Australia [-16.517, 128.917 > ± 100 km]

WAM_S13757. Kununurra, irrigation area, main supply channel, Western Australia, Australia [-15.767, 128.733 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13758. Kununurra, irrigation area, main supply channel, Western Australia, Australia [-15.767, 128.733 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13759. Kununurra, irrigation area, main supply channel, Western Australia, Australia [-15.767, 128.733 ± 1 km]

AMS_427109. Kununurra, Lake Kununurra at Kona caravan Park (In tube-like burrows in mud bank), Western Australia, Australia [-15.794, 128.719 ± 100 m]

WAM_S13756. Ord R system, ca 1.5 miles downstream from Old Lissadell HS, Rocky R Pool (On flats adjacent to deep muddy pool undercutting bank), Western Australia, Australia [-16.683, 128.55 ± 1 km]

AMS_427600. Ord R, 150m below Kununurra Diversion Dam, on W side of river (Under small rocks, steep bank, muddy gravel substrate, small backwater.), Western Australia, Australia [-15.791, 128.693 ± 100 m]

AMS_424069. Ord River, Ivanhoe crossing (Under rocks & ledges), Western Australia, Australia [-15.687, 128.687 ± 100 m]

AMS_427938. Victoria R, on Victoria Hwy (Under rocks & on surface of mud), Northern Territory, Australia [-15.615, 131.13 ± 100 m]

AMS_424068. Victoria River at Dashwood Crossing (see data sheet), Northern Territory, Australia [-16.334, 131.114 ± 100 m]

AMS_313605. Victoria River crossing (just off Hwy) (see datasheet), Northern Territory, Australia [-15.614, 131.13 ± 1 km]

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.