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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Johnson (1981): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Johnson, R.I. 1981. Recent and fossil Unionacea and Mutelacea (freshwater bivalves) of the Caribbean Islands. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 4(60): 269-288. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites (s.s.) leotaudi (Guppy, 1864) = Anodontites leotaudi
+ Anodontites irisans Marshall, 1926

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)
+ Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857
+ Mycetopus clessini Ihering, 1893
+ Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868
+ Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876
+ Mycetopus occidentalis Miller, 1879
+ Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890
+ Mycetopus punctatus Preston, 1909
+ Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialis Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda orbignyi Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall, 1927

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda subsinuata

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda pittieri

Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnata (Morelet, 1849) = Nephronaias scamnata
+ Unio (Simonaias) proclinatus Martens, 1900
+ Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849
+ Unio calamitarum var. B prolongata Fischer & Crosse, 1894
+ Unio bitumen Cooke, 1919

Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnata (Morelet, 1849) = Nephronaias calamitarum

Triplodon (s.s.) trinitaria (Maury, 1925) = Triplodon trinitaria

Villosa gundlachi (Dunker, 1858) = Actinonaias gundlachi