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Species Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934

Ambiguus Mussel


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

April 2004 - Brian J. Smith, S. Reid & Winston F. Ponder, Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, TAS and Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Kendrick (1976) noted the disappearance of Westralunio carteri from the Avon River.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lotic freshwater.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014 11-Aug-2014 MOVED
16-Nov-2010 16-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)