MUSSELp

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Westralunio carteri

nominal species Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932

Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932 = Westralunio carteri

‘Philippi’ Cotton & Gabriel, 1932. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 44(2): 157.
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 62, pl. 3, fig. 8; pl. 4, fig. 8 [as ‘Westralunio ambiguus’]. [in part]
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190 [as ‘Westralunio ambiguus’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)

= Westralunio carteri

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) — Klunzinger et al., 2022

+ Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."