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Publication Olsson (1961): summary

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Full Citation

Olsson, A.A. 1961. Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific Faunal Province (Panama to Peru). 574 pp. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyrenoida dupontia Joannis

Cyrenoida insula Morrison

Cyrenoida panamensis Pilsbry and Zetek

Iphigenia altior (Sowerby)
+ Iphigenia ambigua Bertin, 1881

Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin)

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck)

Mytella speciosa (Reeve)

Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry and Olsson)
+ Mytella speciosa Soot-Ryen, 1955

Mytilopsis adamsi Morrison, 1946

Mytilopsis leucophaeata Conrad, 1831

Mytilopsis sallei

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon)
+ Praxis ecuadoriana Miller, 1879
+ Praxis milleri Miller, 1879

Mytilopsis zeteki Hertlein and Hanna, 1949 = Mytilopsis adamsi

Neocyrena fontainei (d’Orbigny) = Polymesoda fontainei

Neocyrena fortis (Prime) = Polymesoda fontainei

Neocyrena meridionalis (Prime) = Polymesoda meridionalis

Neocyrena nicaraguana (Prime, 1869) = Polymesoda arctata
+ Cyrena (Anomala) insignis Deshayes, 1854

Neocyrena nicaraguana (Prime, 1869) = Polymesoda solida

Neocyrena radiata (Hanley) = Polymesoda arctata

Neocyrena triangula (von du Busch), Philippi
+ Cyrena altilis Gould, 1852
+ Cyrena olivacea Carpenter, 1857

Neocyrena triangula (von du Busch), Philippi = Polymesoda altilis

Neocyrena tribunalis (Prime) = Polymesoda boliviana

Polymesoda (Egeta) anomala (Deshayes) = Polymesoda anomala
+ Cyrena (Anomala) isocardioides Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrena cardiformis Sowerby, 1878

Polymesoda (Egeta) anomala (Deshayes) = Polymesoda inflata

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata (Philippi) = Polymesoda anomala
+ Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852
+ Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860
+ Cyrena isocardioides Dall, 1909
+ Polymesoda joseana Morrison, 1946
+ Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853
+ Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865
+ Cyrena peruviana Deshayes, 1854

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata (Philippi) = Polymesoda inflata

Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) cubensis (Prime, 1865) = Polymesoda floridana
+ Cyrena maritima d’Orbigny, 1853

Polymesoda (s.s.) caroliniana (Bosc) = Polymesoda caroliniana

Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicana (Broderip and Sowerby) = Polymesoda mexicana

Polymesoda (s.s.) notabilis (Deshayes) = Polymesoda notabilis
+ Polymesoda zeteki Pilsbry, 1931