Westralunio Albertisi
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''Westralunio'' is a genus of
freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...
s in the family
Hyriidae Hyriidae is a taxonomic family of pearly freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida. This family is native to South America, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Like all members of that order, they go through a larval ...
. There are 3 species:Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
/ref> *'' Westralunio albertisi'' Clench, 1957 *''
Westralunio carteri ''Westralunio carteri'' is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Hyriidae. It is endemic to Western Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of ...
'' Iredale, 1934 – Carter's freshwater mussel *'' Westralunio flyensis'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1883)


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