Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Australia - New species, new listings and work to come
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In 2014, the late Keith F. Walker led a review paper in association with the inaugural International Meeting on Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Bivalves with contributions from Dr. Hugh A. Jones and me. In our review, we highlighted issues hindering conservation assessment of freshwater mussels in Australia. A big issue is the lack of progress towards a modern taxonomic framework that tests morphology and molecular data as well as formalising undescribed species. We also highlighted data deficiency as a challenge for progressing conservation status assessments and reviewed known and potential threats from the Australian perspective (Walker et al., 2014).
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Tentacle: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Mollusc Specialist Group
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31
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Animal systematics and taxonomy
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Klunzinger, M, Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Australia - New species, new listings and work to come, Tentacle: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, 2023, (31), pp. 3-5