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Publication Fischer & Crosse (1894): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Fischer, P. & H. Crosse. 1894. Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amerique Central, Recherches Zoologiques 2(16): 577-656.

Taxonomic Opinions

Batissa violacea Lamarck

Corbicula (Neocorbicula) convexa Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena (Cyrenocapsa) floridana Conrad = Polymesoda floridana

Cyrena (Cyrenocapsa) salmacida Morelet, 1851 = Polymesoda salmacida

Cyrena (Cyrenocapsa) salmacida var. B subrostrata = Polymesoda salmacida

Cyrena (Egeta) anomala Deshayes = Polymesoda anomala

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) caroliniana Bosc = Polymesoda caroliniana

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) cordata von Martens, 1865 = Polymesoda cordata

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) germana T. Prime, 1867 = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) mexicana Broderip et Sowerby, 1829 = Polymesoda mexicana
+ Cyrena aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrena aequilatera Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) nicaraguana T. Prime, 1869 = Polymesoda solida
+ Cyrena solida Philippi, 1846

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) nicaraguana var. B radiata Hanley, 1844 = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) olivacea Carpenter, 1857 = Polymesoda altilis
+ Cyrena fontainei Philippi, 1851

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) triangula Von dem Busch in Philippi, 1849
+ Cyrena altilis Gould, 1852

Cyrena (Leptosiphon) triangula Von dem Busch in Philippi, 1849 = Polymesoda altilis

Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) cubensis Prime = Polymesoda floridana

Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) maritima (d’Orbigny, 1842) = Polymesoda floridana

Cyrena (s.s.) ceylanica [sic] Lamarck = Geloina erosa

Sphærium (Eupera) modioliformis Anton = Eupera modioliforme
+ Pisidium moquinianum Bourguignat, 1854

Sphærium (Eupera) modioliformis Anton = Eupera bahiensis

Sphærium (Eupera) yucatense Crosse et Fischer = Eupera singleyi

Sphærium (Musculium) subtransversum (Prime, 1860) = Sphaerium subtransversum

Sphærium (s.s.) triangulare (Say, 1829) = Sphaerium triangulare

Unio microdon E. von Martens, 1887 = Sphenonaias microdon

Unio tamaulipasensis Conrad (emend.)
+ Unio taumilapanus Conrad, 1855

Unio veræ pacis Tristram, 1863 = Nephronaias ravistella

Unio (Actinonaias) computatus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Actinonaias computata

Unio (Actinonaias) sapotalensis Lea, 1841 = Actinonaias sapotalensis

Unio (Amygdalonaias) cognatus Lea, 1860 = Truncilla cognata

Unio (Barynaias) pigerrimus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Barynaias pigerrima

Unio (Barynaias) sallei Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Barynaias sallei

Unio (Cænonaias) æruginosus A. Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias aeruginosa

Unio (Cænonaias) yzabalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1892 = Nephronaias yzabalensis

Unio (Cyrtonaias) alienigenus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Cyrtonaias umbrosa

Unio (Cyrtonaias) berlandieri I. Lea, 1857 = Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Unio (Cyrtonaias) saladoensis I. Lea, 1860 = Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Unio (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis I. Lea, 1836 = Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Unio (Cyrtonaias) tecomatensis I. Lea, 1841 = Cyrtonaias tampicoensis
+ Unio tampicoensis Küster, 1862

Unio (Cyrtonaias) umbrosus Lea, 1856 = Cyrtonaias umbrosa

Unio (Graphonaias) aztecorum Philippi, 1847 = Nephronaias aztecorum

Unio (Graphonaias) medellinus Lea, 1838 = Actinonaias medellina
+ Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831

Unio (Graphonaias) medellinus Lea, 1838 = Disconaias purpuriata

Unio (Graphonaias) poeyanus Lea, 1857 = Nephritica poeyana

Unio (Graphonaias) popei Lea, 1857 (emend.) = Popenaias popeii

Unio (Graphonaias) soledadensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Nephronaias aztecorum

Unio (Graphonaias) veracruzensis Lea, 1868 = Cyrtonaias umbrosa

Unio (Leptonaias) ravistellus A. Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias ravistella

Unio (Leptonaias) vellicatus Sowerby in Reeve, 1865 = Nephronaias ravistella

Unio (Mesonaias) explicatus A. Morelet, 1849 = Cyrtonaias explicata
+ Unio testudineus Reeve, 1865

Unio (Mesonaias) strebeli Lea, 1866 (emend.) = Nephronaias aztecorum

Unio (Nephronaias) coloratus Charpentier in Küster, 1856 = Sphenonaias colorata

Unio (Nephronaias) plicatulus Charpentier in Küster, 1856 = Nephronaias plicatula

Unio (Pachynaias) spheniopsis Morelet, 1849 = Pachynaias spheniopsis

Unio (Psoronaias) crocodilorum A. Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias semigranosa
+ Unio pliciferus Reeve, 1864

Unio (Psoronaias) crocodilorum var. B, semipustulata = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio (Psoronaias) crocodilorum var. G, praestricta = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio (Psoronaias) distinctus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Psoronaias distincta

Unio (Psoronaias) pliciferus var. B, minor Crosse & Fischer, 1894 = Barynaias plexus

Unio (Simonaias) calamitarum A. Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias calamitarum
+ Unio calimatorum Lea, 1852

Unio (Simonaias) calamitarum var. D nephretica = Nephronaias calamitarum
+ Unio calamitarum Sowerby, 1868

Unio (Simonaias) calamitarum var. G arcuans = Nephronaias calamitarum

Unio (Simonaias) calamitarum var. G prolongata = Nephronaias calamitarum

Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus I. Lea, 1830 = Popenaias metallica
+ Unio cuprinus Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio metallicus Say, 1831

Unio (Simonaias) persulcatus Lea, 1859 = Nephronaias scamnata
+ Unio gundlachi Sowerby, 1866

Unio (Simonaias) persulcatus Lea, 1859 = Nephronaias calamitarum

Unio (Simonaias) tabascoensis Charpentier in Küster, 1856 = Nephronaias tabascoensis

Unio (Sphenonaias) liebmanni Philippi, 1847 = Sphenonaias liebmanni

Unio (Sphenonaias) sphenorhynchus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Nephronaias sphenorhyncha

Unio (Sphenonaias) tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Popenaias tehuantepecensis

Unio (Uniomerus) manubius A. Gould, 1855 = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio camptodon Stearns, 1891

Unio (Uniomerus) mexicanus Philippi, 1847 = Sphenonaias mexicana

Unio (Uniomerus) opacatus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Barynaias opacata

Velorita cyprinoides Gray = Villorita cyprinoides

 
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