Bivalvia | Unionida | 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 froggatti — Klunzinger et al. (2013), Zieritz et al. (2013), Walker et al. (2014), Graf et al. (2015), Bolotov et al. (2016), ... Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Ponder et al. (2025), Lawrie et al. (2026)

Range

Northern Western Australia, including the Lennard and Fitzroy rivers. (Australasia: AU2)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Lortiella froggatti

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot AMS_61862
AMS_61862
Lennard River (In river sands), Western Australia, Australia [-17.4, 124.5 ± 100 km]
holotype
Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

image of lot MCZ_190266
MCZ_190266
Lennard River, northern Western Australia
paratypes
Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

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FMNH_115329
Lennard River, northern Western Australia
paratypes
Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

image of lot AMS_61863
AMS_61863
Lennard River (In river sands), Western Australia, Australia [-17.4, 124.5 ± 100 km]
paratypes
Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

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7 Specimens from AMS

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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]

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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]

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]

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]

1 Specimens from BMNH

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BMNH_88-11-28-5
Lennard River, West Australia

1 Specimens from INHS

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INHS_16213
Fitzroy River, ca. 0.6 km downstream from Willare Bridge, Great Northern Hwy., SW Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

1 Specimens from MCZ

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MCZ_MP.241
New Holland

1 Specimens from UMMZ

image of lot UMMZ_304515
UMMZ_304515
Christmas Creek, Western Australia, Australia, -18.6583°, 125.61222°

1 Specimens from USNM

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USNM_853940
Fitzroy River, near Willare Bridge, Western Australia

14 Specimens from WAM

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

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]

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Australia

WAM_97279 (864). (16S: PX737783, 28S: PX737819, COI: PX734090, go to GenBank) Long Pool, Coongan River, De Grey Drainage, Australia (-20.9019, 119.7886).

WAM_97280 (865). (16S: PX737784, 18S: PX737852, 28S: PX737820, COI: PX734091, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97281 (866). (16S: PX737785, 18S: PX737853, 28S: PX737821, COI: PX734092, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97282 (867). (16S: PX737786, 18S: PX737854, 28S: PX737822, COI: PX734093, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97283 (868). (16S: PX737787, 18S: PX737855, 28S: PX737823, COI: PX734094, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97284 (869). (COI: PX734095, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97286 (871). (COI: PX734096, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97287 (872). (COI: PX734097, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97288 (873). (COI: PX734098, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97289 (874). (COI: PX734099, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97290 (875). (COI: PX734100, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97291 (889). (COI: PX734101, go to GenBank) ditto.

WAM_97297 (975). (16S: PX737793, COI: PX734102, go to GenBank) Lower Myroodah, Fitzroy River, Australia (-18.0817, 124.2198).

WAM_97298 (976). (16S: PX737794, 28S: PX737829, COI: PX734103, go to GenBank) ditto.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

UMMZ_304515. (16S: KP184867, 28S: KP184891, go to GenBank)