MUSSELpdb
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Lortiella
species Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868): synonymy
Synonymy
Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby, 1868
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 3, sp. 7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_44-1-12-160 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 433), Victoria River, N. Australia.
Solenaia rugata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lortiella rugatus — Iredale (1934), Zieritz et al. (2013), Marshall et al. (2014)
Lortiella rugata — Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Graf & Cummings (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Hyridella (Lortiella) rugata — Haas (1969)
Lortiella sp. — Hoeh et al. (2002), Santos-Neto et al. (2016)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Solenaia rugata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lortiella rugatus — Iredale (1934), Zieritz et al. (2013), Marshall et al. (2014)
Lortiella rugata — Modell (1942), Iredale (1943), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), B.J. Smith (1992), ... Walker et al. (2014), Zieritz et al. (2015), Graf & Cummings (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Hyridella (Lortiella) rugata — Haas (1969)
Lortiella sp. — Hoeh et al. (2002), Santos-Neto et al. (2016)
