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

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Publication Mansur et al. (2019): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Mansur, M.C.D., D. Pereira, P.E.A. Bergonici, D.M. Pimpão, J.R. de S. Barradas & M.H. Sabaj. 2019. Morphological assessment of Rheodreissena (Bivaliva: Veneroida: Dreissenidae) with an updated diagnosis of the genus, descriptions of two new species, redescription of R. lopesi, and the first account of larval brooding in New World dreissenids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 166. 45 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Congeria balatonica Partsch, 1836

Congeria jalzici Bilandzija et al., 2013

Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962

Congeria mulaomerovici Bilandzija et al., 2013

Congeria spathulata Partsch, 1836 = Mytilopsis spathulata

Congeria subglobosa Partsch, 1836

Congeria triangularis Partsch, 1836 = Mytilopsis triangularis

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)

Prodreissensa [sic] euchroma (Oppenheim, 1891) = Prodreissensia euchroma

Prodreissensa [sic] perrandoi Rovereto, 1898 = Prodreissensia perrandoi

Rheodreissena cordilineata n. sp.

Rheodreissena hoeblichi (Schütt, 1991)

Rheodreissena lopesi (Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989)

Rheodreissena xinguana n. sp.