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

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Publication Klunzinger et al. (2022): summary
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Complete Citation

Klunzinger, M.W., C. Whisson, A. Zieritz, J.A. Benson, B.A. Stewart & L. Kirkendale. 2022. Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia. Scientific Reports 12. 20385 (20 pp.). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio philippianus Küster, 1861

Westralunio albertisi Clench, 1957

Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934)
+ Unio australis Menke, 1843
+ Unio moretonicus E.A. Smith, 1874
+ Hyridella ambigua Cotton & Gabriel, 1932
+ Centralhyria angasi subjecta Iredale, 1934

Westralunio flyensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Westralunio inbisi inbisi subsp. nov. = Westralunio inbisi
+ Westralunio carteri Klunzinger et al., 2021

Westralunio inbisi meridiemus subsp. nov. = Westralunio inbisi
+ Westralunio carteri Klunzinger et al., 2021