MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Thu 19 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Lortiella
species Lortiella opertanea Ponder & Bayer, 2004: synonymy
Synonymy
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].
Lortiella opertanea — Ponder & Bayer (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Lortiella opertanea — Ponder & Bayer (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
