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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Publication Pereira et al. (2014): summary
Full Citation
Pereira, D., M.C.D. Mansur, L.D.S. Duarte, A.S. de Oliveira, D.M. Pimpão et al. 2014. Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation. Hydrobiologia 735: 15-44. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Cyanocyclas paranaensis Pereira et al., 2014 = Cyanocyclas paranacensis
‘Orbigny’ Pereira et al., 2014. Hydrobiologia 735: [12].
(error for Cyclas (Cyrena) paranacensis d’Orbigny, 1835)
Paxyodon syrmathophorus ‘Meuschen’ of Authors = Prisodon syrmatophorus
‘Meuschen’ of Authors.
Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.
Pereira et al., 2014. Hydrobiologia 735: [11].
(error for Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791)
Taxonomic Opinions
Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) = Mulleria rivoli
Anodontites (Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix, 1827) = Lamproscapha ensiformis
Anodontites (Lamproscapha) falsus (Simpson, 1900) = Lamproscapha falsa
Anodontites (s.s.) aroanus H.B. Baker, 1930 = Anodontites aroana
Anodontites (s.s.) carinatus (Dunker, 1858) = Anodontites tortilis
There are 173 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Anodontites (s.s.) colombiensis Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites colombiensis
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata
Anodontites (s.s.) elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites elongata
Anodontites (s.s.) ferrarisii (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites ferrarisii
Anodontites (s.s.) guanarensis Marshall, 1927 = Anodontites guanarensis
Anodontites (s.s.) iheringi (Clessin, 1882) = Anodontites iheringi
Anodontites (s.s.) infossus H.B. Baker, 1930 = Anodontites infossa
Anodontites (s.s.) irisans Marshall, 1926 = Anodontites leotaudi
Anodontites (s.s.) lucidus (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites lucida
Anodontites (s.s.) moricandii (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites moricandii
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites obtusa
Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites patagonica
Anodontites (s.s.) pittieri Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites tehuantepecensis
Anodontites (s.s.) puelchanus (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites trigona
Anodontites (s.s.) schomburgianus (Sowerby, 1870) = Anodontites schomburgiana
Anodontites (s.s.) soleniformis (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites solenidea
Anodontites (s.s.) tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa
Anodontites (s.s.) tortilis (Lea, 1852) = Anodontites tortilis
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis
Anodontites (s.s.) trapezeus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trapezea
Anticorbula fluviatilis (Adams, 1860)
Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)
Byssanodonta paranensis Orbigny, 1846
Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819
Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840
Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865
Castalia duprei (Récluz, 1842) = Callonaia duprei
Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869
Castalia inflata Orbigny, 1835
Castalia martensi (Ihering, 1891)
Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857
Castalia nehringi (Ihering, 1891)
Castalia orbignyi (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Castalia orinocensis Morrison, 1943
Castalia psammoica (Orbigny, 1835)
Castalia quadrata (Sowerby, 1869) = Castaliella quadrata
Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 = Castaliella schombergiana
Castalia stevensi (Baker, 1930)
Castalia sulcata (Krauss, 1849) = Castaliella sulcata
Castalia undosa Martens, 1885
Congeria hoeblichi Schütt, 1991 = Rheodreissena hoeblichi
Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)
Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)
Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
Cyanocyclas amazonica (Prime, 1870)
Cyanocyclas bavayi (Ancey, 1880)
Cyanocyclas brasiliana (Deshayes, 1854)
Cyanocyclas cuneata (Jonas, 1844)
Cyanocyclas limosa (Maton, 1811)
Cyanocyclas paranaensis [sic] (Orbigny, 1835) = Cyanocyclas paranacensis
Cyanocyclas rotunda (Prime, 1860)
Cyanocyclas surinamica (Clessin, 1879)
Diplodon fontainianus (Orbigny, 1835)
Diplodon greeffeanus (Ihering, 1893)
Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834)
Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1848)
Diplodon rotundus Spix, 1827
Diplodon solisianus (Orbigny, 1835)
Diplodon uruguayensis (Lea, 1860)
Diplodon voltzi Vernhout, 1914
Diplodon (Australis) solidulus (Philippi, 1869) = Diplodon solidulus
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) burroughianus (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon burroughianus
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) deceptus Simpson, 1914 sensu Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon gratus
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon funebralis
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hildae Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon hildae
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) iheringi Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon iheringi
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) koseritzi (Clessin, 1888) = Diplodon koseritzi
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) peraeformis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon peraeformis
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon variabilis
Diplodon (s.s.) aethiops (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon aethiops
Diplodon (s.s.) berthae Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon berthae
Diplodon (s.s.) besckeanus (Dunker, 1848) = Diplodon ellipticus
Diplodon (s.s.) caipira (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon caipira
Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis (Gray, 1828) = Diplodon chilensis
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus (Lamarck, 1819) = Diplodon delodontus
Diplodon (s.s.) dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) = Diplodon ellipticus
Diplodon (s.s.) ellipticus Spix, 1827 = Diplodon ellipticus
Diplodon (s.s.) expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon multistriatus
Diplodon (s.s.) granosa (Bruguière, 1792) = Diplodon granosus
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon guaranianus
Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon imitator
Diplodon (s.s.) martensi (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon martensi
Diplodon (s.s.) multistriatus (Lea, 1831) = Diplodon multistriatus
Diplodon (s.s.) obsolescens Baker, 1913 = Diplodon obsolescens
Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon parallelopipedon
Diplodon (s.s.) parodizi Bonetto, 1960 = Diplodon parodizi
Diplodon (s.s.) paulista (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon paulistus
Diplodon (s.s.) piceus (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon piceus
Diplodon (s.s.) rhombeus (Spix, 1827) = Diplodon rhombeus
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon rhuacoicus
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus (Lea, 1856) = Diplodon suavidicus
Diplodon (s.s.) vicarius Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon vicarius
Diplodon (s.s.) wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon wymanii
Diplodontites cookei Marshall, 1922
Diplodontites olssoni Pilsbry, 1933
Diplodontites pilsbryana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951
Eupera bahiensis (Spix, 1827)
Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962
Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Dreher-Mansur, 1993
Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994
Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989
Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975
Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)
Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921
Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967
Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)
Fossula fossiculifera (Orbigny, 1835)
Haasica balzani (Ihering, 1893)
Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)
Leila esula (Orbigny, 1835)
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
Monocondylaea corrientesensis (Orbigny, 1835)
Monocondylaea costulata (Moricand, 1858)
Monocondylaea franciscana (Moricand, 1837)
Monocondylaea guarayana (Orbigny, 1835)
Monocondylaea jaspidea (Hupé, 1857)
Monocondylaea minuana (Orbigny, 1835)
Monocondylaea paraguayana (Orbigny, 1835)
Monocondylaea parchappii (Orbigny, 1835)
Musculium argentinum (Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum
Musculium patagonicum Pilsbry, 1911 = Sphaerium patagonicum
Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888)
Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)
Mycetopoda soleniformis Orbigny, 1835
Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)
Mytilopsis lopesi Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989 = Rheodreissena lopesi
Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)
Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic] (Meuschen, 1781) = Prisodon syrmatophorus
Pisidium bejumae Baker, 1930
Pisidium boliviense Sturany, 1900
Pisidium chicha Ituarte, 2005
Pisidium chilense (Orbigny, 1846) = Euglesa chilensis
Pisidium chiquitanum Ituarte, 2001
Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1879
Pisidium forense Meier-Brook, 1967
Pisidium globulus Clessin, 1888
Pisidium huillichum Ituarte, 1999
Pisidium inacayali Ituarte, 1996
Pisidium iquito Ituarte, 2004
Pisidium lebruni Mabille, 1884
Pisidium llanquihuense Ituarte, 1999
Pisidium magellanicum (Dall, 1908)
Pisidium meierbrooki Kuiper & Hinz, 1984
Pisidium ocloya Ituarte, 2005
Pisidium omaguaca Ituarte, 2005
Pisidium patagonicum Pilsbry, 1911
Pisidium pipoense Ituarte, 2000
Pisidium plenilunium (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)
Pisidium sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum
Pisidium taraguyense Ituarte, 2000
Pisidium vile Pilsbry, 1897
Polymesoda aequilatera (Deshayes, 1854) = Polymesoda mexicana
Polymesoda solida (Philippi, 1846)
Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
Sphaerium aequatoriale (Clessin, 1879)
Sphaerium cambaraense (Mansur et al., 2008)
Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)
Sphaerium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)
Sphaerium titicacense (Pilsbry, 1924)
Tamsiella amazonica Bonetto, 1972
Tamsiella schroeteriana (Lea, 1852)
Tamsiella tamsiana (Dunker, 1858)
Triplodon chodo Mansur & Pimpão, 2008
Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)
