Status of the endangered Glenelg River Mussel Hyridella glenelgensis (Unionoida: Hyriidae) in Australia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 679-691

  Playford, Timothy J ^a   Walker, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Freshwater mussel; Glenelg; Hyridella glenelgensis; Hyriidae; Victoria

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CRAWFORD RIVER; EIGHT MILE CREEK; GLENELG RIVER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WANNON RIVER;

GLOCHIDIA; HYRIDELLA; HYRIIDAE; UNIONIDAE; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 50149105430     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.877     Document Type: Article

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