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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Euperinae
genus Eupera Bourguignat, 1854: species
3 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics
Included Species
Eupera bahamensis (Clench, 1938)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Described from the Bahamas. (Central America)
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Eupera bahiensis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)
synonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Orinoco and Amazon basins, South America. (South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
Eupera barbadensis (Prime, 1861)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Barbados, Caribbean. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Endemic to Lake Victoria, Africa. (Afrotropics)
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Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)
synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Northern South America, Central America, Caribbean and southern United States, including the Interior Mississippi Basin. It has been introduced as far north as Illinois and West Virginia. (North America, Central America, South America)
GenBank sequences: 16S, 18S 5.8S
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
Eupera degorteri (Kuiper, 1954)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Madagascar. (Afrotropics)
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Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Parana Basin, Brazil and Uruguay. (South America)
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Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Mansur, 1993
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Iguazu River, Argentina. (South America)
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Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)
synonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (0 + 2 GenBank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. (Afrotropics)
GenBank sequences: 16S, COI
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Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Venezuela. (South America)
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Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Uruguay River, South America. (South America)
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Eupera haitiensis Klappenbach, 1970
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Haiti, Caribbean. (Central America)
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Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Iguazu River, Argentina. (South America)
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Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1926
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Mexico. (Central America)
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Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (South America)
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Eupera meridionalis (Prime, 1861)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Panama. (Central America)
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Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Venezuela and Brazil. (South America)
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Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Central Africa. (Afrotropics)
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Eupera parvula (Prime, 1865)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Puerto Rico, Caribbean. (Central America)
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Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Costa Rica. (Central America)
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Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Parana Basin, Argentina and Uruguay. (South America)
GenBank sequences: 16S, 18S 5.8S, 28S
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Eupera portoricensis (Prime, 1861)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Puerto Rico and Cuba, Caribbean. (Central America)
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Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Upper Amazon, Peru. (South America)
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Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Orinoco and Amazon basins, Venezuela and Brazil. (South America)
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Eupera singleyi (Pilsbry, 1889)
synonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Central and South America. (Central America)
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Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)
synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lower Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)
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Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973
synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Zanzibar. (Afrotropics)
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Eupera troglobia Simone & Ferreira, 2022
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Casa da Pedra cave, Brazil. (South America)
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Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Amazon Basin, Peru and Brazil. (South America)
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Eupera veatleyi (Adams, 1849)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Jamaica, Caribbean. (Central America)
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Eupera ventricosa (Clessin, 1882)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Haiti, Caribbean. (Central America)
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Eupera viridantis (Prime, 1865)
synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Guadeloupe, Caribbean. (Central America)
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Eupera weinlandi (Clessin, 1882)
synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Haiti, Caribbean. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
