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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 288023 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Westralunio inbisi   Klunzinger, 2022
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 288 Hyriidae (freshwater mussels) - show full list Common Name: [a freshwater mussel] Organism Type: a freshwater mussel Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 23 288906     Westralunio spp.

Taxon Notes:

Westralunio inbisi sp.nov. from southern and lower southwestern drainages was split off Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) from western coastal drainages (Klunzinger et al. 2022.) It includes two subspecies: Westralunio inbisi inbisi and Westralunio inbisi meridiemus

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Klunzinger, Michael W. Whisson, Corey Zieritz, Alexandra Benson, Justin A. Stewart, Barbara A. Kirkendale, Lisa, 2022. Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia, Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, 1: 20385. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-24767-5