MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Benson et al. (2022): summary
Full Citation
Benson, J., B. Stewart, P. Close & Lymbery. 2022. Evidence for multiple refugia and hotspots of genetic diversity for Westralunio carteri, a threatened freshwater mussel in southwestern Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 32(4): 559-575. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Westralunio carteri Klunzinger et al., 2021 = Westralunio inbisi
Klunzinger et al., 2021. Hydrobiologia 848: 2954 [as ‘W. carteri II’]. [in part]
Benson et al., 2022. Aquatic Conserv.: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 32(4): 565 [as ‘WcII’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934)
Westralunio carteri Klunzinger et al., 2021 = Westralunio inbisi
Klunzinger et al., 2021. Hydrobiologia 848: 2955 [as ‘W. carteri III’]. [in part]
Benson et al., 2022. Aquatic Conserv.: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 32(4): 565 [as ‘WcIII’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Westralunio ambiguus carteri Iredale, 1934)
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