Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Canning has or used to have 16 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Carter's Freshwater Mussel.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Carter's Freshwater Mussel
Westralunio carteri
Status: Vulnerable
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Westralunio carteri is found across 7 electorates.
No information was found for this species on the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) website, which is the database designed to provide information on species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999. This does not mean there is no information out there. We encourage you to do a web search using the scientific latin name.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Changed surface and groundwater regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Pollution
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Grass Wattle (Acacia anomala)
- Slender Andersonia (Andersonia gracilis)
- Slender Tailflower (Anthocercis gracilis)
- Summer Honeypot (Banksia mimica)
- King Spider-orchid (Caladenia huegelii)
- Gingin Wax (Chamelaucium sp. Gingin )
- Wavy-leaved Smokebush (Conospermum undulatum)
- Scarp Darwinia (Darwinia apiculata)
- Tall Donkey Orchid (Diuris drummondii)
- Dwarf Bee-orchid (Diuris micrantha)
- Purdie's Donkey-orchid (Diuris purdiei)
- Glossy-leafed Hammer Orchid (Drakaea elastica)
- Dwarf Hammer-orchid (Drakaea micrantha)
- Keighery's Eleocharis (Eleocharis keigheryi)
- Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella (Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella)
- Yanchep Mallee (Eucalyptus argutifolia)
- Cadda Road Mallee (Eucalyptus x balanites)
- Goodenia arthrotricha (Goodenia arthrotricha)
- Wing-fruited Lasiopetalum (Lasiopetalum pterocarpum)
- Beaked Lepidosperma (Lepidosperma rostratum)
- Selena's Synaphea (Synaphea sp. Fairbridge Farm )
- Club-leafed Synaphea (Synaphea sp. Pinjarra )
- Synaphea sp. Pinjarra Plain (Synaphea sp. Pinjarra Plain )
- Synaphea sp. Serpentine (Synaphea sp. Serpentine )
- Dwellingup Synaphea (Synaphea stenoloba)
- Southern Tetraria (Tetraria australiensis)
- Star Sun-orchid (Thelymitra stellata)
- Granite Pink (Tribonanthes purpurea)
- Shy Featherflower (Verticordia fimbrilepis subsp. fimbrilepis)
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