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Publication Ponder & Bayer (2004): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Ponder, W.F. & M. Bayer. 2004. A new species of Lortiella (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoidea: Hyriidae) from northern Australia. Molluscan Research 24: 89-102. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lortiella opertanea Ponder & Bayer, 2004
Ponder & Bayer, 2004. Mollusc. Res. 24: 98, figs. 2, 5A-G.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMS_427618, Katherine R, below Gorge (In pool alongside river, under logs & stones), Northern Territory, Australia [-14.321, 132.415 ± 100 m].

Taxonomic Opinions

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

Lortiella opertanea n. sp.

Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868)

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