MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Ituarte (2020): summary
Full Citation
Ituarte, C. 2020. Key to Bivalvia, Myida & Key to Bivalvia, Venerida. [in] Damborenea, Rogers & Thorp, eds. Freshwater Invertebrates — Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna 5: 391-408.
Attributed Nominal Species
Neocorbicula exquisite Ituarte, 2020 = Cyanocyclas limosa
‘Marshall’ Ituarte, 2020. [in] Damborenea, Rogers & Thorp, Freshw.Invert. Neotrop. 5: 395.
(error for Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) exquisita Marshall, 1924)
Taxonomic Opinions
Anticorbula fluviatilis (H. Adams, 1860)
Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)
Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)
Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
There are 86 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Erodona mactroides Daudin in Bosc, 1801
Eupera bahamensis (Clench, 1938)
Eupera bahiensis (Spix, 1827)
Eupera barbadensis (Prime, 1861)
Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)
Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962
Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Mansur, 1993
Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930
Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994
Eupera haitiensis Klappenbach, 1970
Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989
Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925
Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975
Eupera meridionalis (Prime, 1861)
Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)
Eupera parvula (Prime, 1865)
Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900
Eupera platensis Doello Jurado, 1921
Eupera portoricensis (Prime, 1861)
Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967
Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)
Eupera veatleyii (Adams, 1849) = Eupera veatleyi
Eupera ventricosa (Clessin, 1882)
Eupera viridantis (Prime, 1865)
Eupera weinlandi (Clessin, 1882)
Musculium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum
Musculium patagonicum (Pilsbry, 1911) = Sphaerium patagonicum
Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
Neocorbicula brasiliana (Deshayes, 1854) = Cyanocyclas brasiliana
Neocorbicula exquisite [sic] (Marshall, 1924) = Cyanocyclas limosa
Neocorbicula fortis (Marshall, 1924) = Cyanocyclas paranacensis
Neocorbicula guahybensis (Marshall, 1927) = Cyanocyclas limosa
Neocorbicula limosa (Maton, 1809) = Cyanocyclas limosa
Neocorbicula paranensis [sic] (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Cyanocyclas paranacensis
Pisidium bejumae H.B. Baker, 1930
Pisidium chicha Ituarte, 2005
Pisidium chilense (d’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 vegae Pilsbry, 1926
Pisidium vile Pilsbry, 1897
Pisidium wolfii Clessin, 1879
Polymesoda solida (Philippi, 1846)
Polymesoda zulia H.B. Baker, 1930 = Polymesoda zuila
Rheodreissena cordilineata Mansur, Pereira, Pimpão & Sabaj, 2019
Rheodreissena hoeblichi (Schütt, 1991)
Rheodreissena lopesi (Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989)
Rheodreissena xinguana Mansur, Pereira, Pimpão & Sabaj, 2019
Sphaerium aequatoriale Clessin, 1879
Sphaerium cambaraense (Dreher-Mansur, Ituarte & Meier-Brook, 2008)
Sphaerium costaricanum Martens, 1900
Sphaerium davisi (Bartsch, 1908)
Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)
Sphaerium jalapensis Pilsbry, 1899
Sphaerium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)
Sphaerium luridum Martens, 1900
Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899
Sphaerium mexicanum (Dall, 1905)
Sphaerium novoleonis Pilsbry, 1899
Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860
Sphaerium titicacense Pilsbry, 1924
Sphaerium triangulare (Say, 1829)
