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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Euperinae

genus Eupera Bourguignat, 1854: species

3 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Included Species

Eupera bahamensis (Clench, 1938)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Described from the Bahamas. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera bahiensis

Eupera bahiensis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)

syonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Orinoco and Amazon basins, South America. (South America)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Eupera moquiniana)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera barbadensis

Eupera barbadensis (Prime, 1861)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Barbados, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Endemic to Lake Victoria, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera cubensis

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

syonymy (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, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera degorteri (Kuiper, 1954)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Madagascar. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Parana Basin, Brazil and Uruguay. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Mansur, 1993

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Iguazu River, Argentina. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)

syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (0 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Venezuela. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Uruguay River, South America. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera haitiensis Klappenbach, 1970

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Haiti, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Iguazu River, Argentina. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1926

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Mexico. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera meridionalis

Eupera meridionalis (Prime, 1861)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Panama. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Venezuela and Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Central Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera parvula

Eupera parvula (Prime, 1865)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Puerto Rico, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Costa Rica. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Parana Basin, Argentina and Uruguay. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera portoricensis

Eupera portoricensis (Prime, 1861)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Puerto Rico and Cuba, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Upper Amazon, Peru. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Orinoco and Amazon basins, Venezuela and Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera singleyi

Eupera singleyi (Pilsbry, 1889)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Central and South America. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lower Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Zanzibar. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Eupera triangulum)
other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera troglobia Simone & Ferreira, 2022

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Casa da Pedra cave, Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Amazon Basin, Peru and Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera veatleyi

Eupera veatleyi (Adams, 1849)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Jamaica, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera ventricosa (Clessin, 1882)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Haiti, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Eupera viridantis

Eupera viridantis (Prime, 1865)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Guadeloupe, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Eupera weinlandi (Clessin, 1882)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Haiti, Caribbean. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

 
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