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Publication Marelli & Gray (1985): summary

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Marelli, D.C. & S. Gray. 1985. Conchological redescriptions of Mytilopsis sallei and Mytilopsis leucophaeta of the brackish Western Atlantic. Veliger 25(3): 185-193. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
+ Mytilus cochleatus Nyst, 1835
+ Dreissena cumingiana Dunker, 1855
+ Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858
+ Mytilus tenebrosus Reeve, 1858

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
+ Dreissena domingensis Récluz, 1852
+ Tichogonia pfeifferi Dunker, 1853
+ Tichogonia rossmaessleri Dunker, 1853
+ Tichogonia riisei Dunker, 1853
+ Dreissena moerchiana Dunker, 1855
+ Mytilopsis allyneana Hertlein & Hanna, 1949

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849) = Mytilopsis adamsi