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

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Publication Walker et al. (2014): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Walker, K.F., H.A. Jones & M.W. Klunzinger. 2014. Bivalves in a bottleneck: Taxonomy, phylogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) in Australasia. Hydrobiologia 735: 61-79. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alathyria condola (Iredale, 1943)

Alathyria jacksoni (Iredale, 1934)

Alathyria pertexta (Iredale, 1934)

Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1851)

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Echyridella aucklandicus (Gray, 1843) = Echyridella aucklandica
+ Diplodon websteri Simpson, 1902

Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905

Echyridella onekaka (Fenwick & Marshall, 2006)

Haasodonta fannyae (Johnson, 1948)

Haasodonta vanheurni (McMichael & Hiscock, 1958)

Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Hyridella drapeta (Iredale, 1934)

Hyridella glenelgensis (Dennant, 1898)

Hyridella guppyi (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Hyridella misoolensis (Schepman, 1897)

Hyridella narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)

Lortiella froggatti (Iredale, 1934)

Lortiella opertanea (Ponder & Bayer, 2004)

Lortiella rugata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1868)

Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Velesunio angasi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1867)

Velesunio moretonicus (Reeve, 1865)

Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924)

Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859)

Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Westralunio albertisi (Clench, 1957)

Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934)

Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)