Westralunio
Encyclopedia
Westralunio is a genus of bivalve in the Hyriidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Hyriidae
Hyriidae is a family of pearly freshwater mussels in the order Unionoida native to South America, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Like all members of that order, they go through a larval stage that is parasitic on fish. The classification recognized by Banarescu uses three subfamilies...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Westralunio carteriWestralunio carteriWestralunio carteri is a species of freshwater bivalve in the Hyriidae family. It is endemic to Western Australia.-Reproduction:Mature females have specialized gill structures known as marsupia. These contain the eggs as they are fertilized and develop into larvae...