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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Lortiella

species Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934: specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lortiella froggattii [sic]Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Lortiella froggattiKlunzinger et al. (2013), Zieritz et al. (2013), Walker et al. (2014), Graf et al. (2015), Bolotov et al. (2016), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Northern Western Australia, including the Lennard and Fitzroy rivers.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Australia

specimen
UMMZ_304515

Christmas Creek, Western Australia, Australia, -18.6583°, 125.61222°

specimen
AMS_202368

Fitzroy R at old northern hwy crossing (In sand & gravel, weed on steep pool edges), Western Australia, Australia [-18.179, 125.598 ± 100 m]

specimen
AMS_371699

Fitzroy R below Geike Gorge (On wood along river banks & in sandy gravel in shallow water), Western Australia, Australia [-16.112, 125.698 ± 100 m]

specimen
INHS_16213

Fitzroy River, ca. 0.6 km downstream from Willare Bridge, Great Northern Hwy., SW Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

specimen
USNM_853940

Fitzroy River, near Willare Bridge, Western Australia

specimen
AMS_61862

Lennard River (In river sands), Western Australia, Australia [-17.4, 124.5 ± 100 km]

specimen
AMS_61863

Lennard River (In river sands), Western Australia, Australia [-17.4, 124.5 ± 100 km]

specimen
FMNH_115329

Lennard River, northern Western Australia

specimen
MCZ_190266

Lennard River, northern Western Australia

specimen
BMNH_88-11-28-5

Lennard River, West Australia

specimen
MCZ_MP.241

New Holland

AMS_126109. Charnley River, Walcott Inlet (Just above limit of tidal action), Western Australia, Australia [-16.417, 124.95 ± 10 km]

AMS_427352. Fitzroy R at Fitzroy Crossing township, old crossing (Along edges of water & in shallow pools, in & on coarse sand), Western Australia, Australia [-18.18, 125.597 ± 100 m]

AMS_367894. Fitzroy R at old northern hwy crossing (On edges of embankment with fine sandy mud), Western Australia, Australia [-18.179, 125.598 ± 100 m]

WAM_S13774. Fitzroy R, at Myroondah Crossing (on river bed), Western Australia, Australia [-18.083, 124.217 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13768. Fitzroy R, Geike Gorge, Western Australia, Australia [-18.067, 125.733 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13771. Fitzroy R, Geike Gorge, Western Australia, Australia [-18.067, 125.733 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13769. Fitzroy R, nr Willare Bridge (close to Derby), Western Australia, Australia [-17.733, 123.65 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13766. Fitzroy R, nr Willare Bridge, Western Australia, Australia [-17.733, 123.65 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13770. Fitzroy R, Sheepcamp Yard, Western Australia, Australia

AMS_414981. Geike Gorge, Fitzroy River, Western Australia, Australia [-18.067, 125.733 ± 10 km]

AMS_126279. Lennard River, Western Australia, Australia [-17.4, 124.5 ± 100 km]

WAM_S13765. Napier Ranges, NW end, high on spur with N side of Van Emmerick Range, Western Australia, Australia [-17.067, 124.65 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13760. Napier Ranges, Windjana Gorge, cave on S corner of gorge, near stock yards (among boulders), Western Australia, Australia [-17.417, 124.967 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13764. Napier Ranges, Windjana Gorge, cliff base at SE corner of gorge, Western Australia, Australia [-17.417, 124.967 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13761. Napier Ranges, Windjana Gorge, N side, rock shelter 0.25 mile up gorge from the downstreamend (Ash bed at rock shelter), Western Australia, Australia [-17.417, 124.967 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13762. West Kimberley, Napier Ranges, Lennard R, Windjana Gorge (Lying on dry river bed), Western Australia, Australia [-17.417, 124.967 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13763. West Kimberley, Napier Ranges, Windjana Gorge, Western Australia, Australia [-17.417, 124.967 ± 1 km]

WAM_S1307. West Kimberly, Fitzroy R, Myroodah Crossing, Western Australia, Australia [-18.083, 124.217 ± 1 km]

WAM_S13767. West Kimberly, Fitzroy R, Myroodah Crossing, Western Australia, Australia [-18.083, 124.217 ± 1 km]