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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae

genus Westralunio Iredale, 1934: synonymy
     4 Recent valid species (4 total species)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Centralhyria — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943)
Westralunio — Iredale (1934), Iredale (1943), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), ... Klunzinger et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Klunzinger et al. (2022), Benson et al. (2022), Klunzinger (2023)
Microdontia — Modell (1964)