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Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

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)
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.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Lortiella rugata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

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]	AMNH_61955 Australia	BMNH_44-1-12-7 Australia
BMNH_44-1-12-7 Australia	ZMB_MP_0451 Australia	ZMB_MP_0458 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]
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_57-11-18-28 Victoria River
BMNH_41-11-25-58-59 Victoria River, N Australia	BMNH_44-1-12-160 Victoria River, N. Australia	BMNH_44-1-12-160 Victoria River, N. Australia
BMNH_MP_367 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.