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Publication Mansur & Meier-Brook (2000): summary

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Mansur, M.C.D. & C. Meier-Brook. 2000. Morphology of Eupera Bourguignat 1854, and Byassanodonta Orbigny 1846 with contributions to the phylogenetic systematics of Sphaeriidae and Corbiculidae (Bivalvia: Veneroida). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 128(1/2): 1-59. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Byssanodonta paranensis d’Orbigny, 1846

Eupera bahamensis (Clench, 1938)

Eupera bahiensis (Spix, 1827)
+ Pisidium moquinianum Bourguignat, 1854
+ Cyclas?? tumida Clessin, 1879

Eupera bahiensis (Spix, 1827) = Eupera tumida

Eupera barbadensis (Prime, 1861)

Eupera bequaerti Dautz. & Germ., 1914 = Sphaerium bequaerti

Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

Eupera degorteri (Kuiper, 1954)

Eupera diaphana (Haldeman, 1841) = Eupera bahiensis

Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)
+ Pisum parasiticum Deshayes, 1854

Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930

Eupera haitiensis Klappenbach, 1970

Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925

Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975

Eupera maculata (Morelet, 1851) = Eupera singleyi

Eupera maculata (Anton, 1837) = Eupera bahiensis

Eupera meridionalis (Prime, 1861)

Eupera modioliformis (Anton, 1837) = Eupera modioliforme

Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Eupera parvula (Prime, 1865)

Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900

Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921

Eupera portoricensis (Prime, 1863)

Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)

Eupera singleyi (Pilsbry, 1889)

Eupera sturanyi (L. Waagen, 1905) = Eupera ferruginea
+ Eupera mediafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Eupera sturanyi (L. Waagen, 1905)

Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973

Eupera veatleyi (Adams, 1849)

Eupera ventricosa (Clessin, 1882)

Eupera viridantis (Prime, 1865)

Eupera weinlandi (Clessin, 1882)

Musculium lacustre (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium forense Meier-Brook, 1967

Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium punctifera (Guppy, 1867) = Pisidium punctiferum

Pisidium sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Pisidium (Neopisidium) moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866 = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum

Pisidium (s.s.) amnicum (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Pisidium amnicum

Sphaerium (s.s.) cornea (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicola (Lamarck, 1818) = Sphaerium rivicola