MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
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), Lawrie et al. (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
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Type Specimens
BMNH_44-1-12-160
Victoria River, N. Australia
lectotype
Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby, 1868
BMNH_MP_367
Victoria River, N. Australia
paratypes
Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby, 1868
Other Specimens by Country | show by collection
22 Specimens from Australia
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]
ZMB_MP_0451
Australia
ZMB_MP_0458
Australia
AMNH_61955
Australia
BMNH_44-1-12-7
Australia
UMMZ_112701
Australia [SE Asia]
INHS_16214
Katherine River, near the entrance to Katherine River Gorge National Park, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
AMS_371676
Victoria R at Coolibah Stn Rd, Northern Territory, Australia [-15.555, 130.963 ± 100 m]
BMNH_57-11-18-28
Victoria River
BMNH_41-11-25-58-59
Victoria River, N Australia
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.
