praecox, Mordacia Potter [I. C.] 1968:254, Pl. 14 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 92 (pt 3, no. 415); ref. 7910] Moruya River, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.7936. Paratypes: AMS IB.7937 (1, allotype). •Valid as Mordacia praecox Potter 1968 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:24 [ref. 12442], Potter in McDowall 1996:34 [ref. 22909], Yamazaki & Goto 2000:8 [ref. 24514], Unmack 2001:1060 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:53 [ref. 25930], Paxton et al. 2006:44 [ref. 28994], Lang et al. 2009:43 [ref. 31599], Renaud 2011:22 [ref. 31770], Miller et al. 2021:[10] [ref. 38264], Carpenter-Bundhoo & Moffatt 2024:549 [ref. 41361]). Current status: Valid as Mordacia praecox Potter 1968. Mordaciidae. Distribution: Australia: Victoria and southern New South Wales. Habitat: freshwater.