Global InformationWestralunio carteri information
| Westralunio carteri | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Hyriidae |
| Genus: | Westralunio |
| Species: | W. carteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934
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Westralunio carteri is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Hyriidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.[2][3] It is known by the common name Carter's freshwater mussel.[1] This is the only species of the genus Westralunio found in Australia.[2]
- ^ a b Klunzinger, M.; Walker, KF (2020). "Westralunio carteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T23073A177343151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T23073A177343151.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b McMichael, D.F.; Hiscock, I.D. (28 January 1958). "A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) of the Australian Region". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 9 (3): 372–508. doi:10.1071/mf9580372.
- ^ Morgan, D.L.; Beatty, S.J.; Klunzinger, M.W.; Allen, M.G. & Burnham, Q.F. (2011). Freshwater Fishes, Crayfishes and Mussels of South-western Australia. Perth, Western Australia: SERCUL and Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit (Murdoch University). ISBN 9780987164407.