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Publication Contreras-Arquieta (2000): summary

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Contreras-Arquieta, A. 2000. Bibliografía y lista taxonómica de las especies de moluscos dulceacuícolas en México. Mexicoa 2(1): 40-53.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Musculum Paetel, 1875

‘Link’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 130.
Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 45.
(error for Musculium Link, 1807)

Pavhynaias Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Pachynaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type species: Unio spheniopsis Morelet, 1849 = Pachynaias spheniopsis

Potamilis Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

‘Rafinesque’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818)
Type species: Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus

Attributed Nominal Species

Quadrula counchiana Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = Quadrula couchiana

‘Lea’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio couchianus Lea, 1860)

Quadrula quedrula Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = Quadrula quadrula

‘Rafinesque’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis revirosai Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = Mesonaias explicata

Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900)

Lampsilis rousrosai Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = Mesonaias explicata

‘Pilsbry’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900)

Sphenonaias tanualipana Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = unionoid nearctic-species

‘Conrad’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio taumilapanus Conrad, 1855)

Uniomerus tretalasmus Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = Uniomerus tetralasmus

‘Say’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 45.
(error for Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831)

Pisidium vagae Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 = Pisidium vegae

‘Pilsbry’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 45.
(error for Pisidium vegae Pilsbry, 1926)

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias walkeri Baker, 1922 = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852

Anodonta chapalensis Fischer y Crosse = Brachyanodon impura

Anodonta coarctata Antón, 1839 = Brachyanodon impura

Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875 = Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta exilior Lea, 1871 = Brachyanodon impura

Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841 = Pyganodon globosa

Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta horda Gould, 1855 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta impura Say, 1829 = Brachyanodon impura

Anodontites sinaloensis Crosse y Fischer, 1884 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontoides bambousearum Morelet, 1851 = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodontoides cylindracea Lea, 1838 = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodontoides glauca Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontoides jaliscoensis Pilsbry, 1920 = Anodontites jaliscoensis

Corbicula convexa Deshayes

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1840)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis Lea, 1838 = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Cyrtonaias tecomatensis Lea, 1841 = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Cyrtonaias umbrosa Martens, 1890-1901 = Mesonaias umbrosa

Disconaias conchos Taylor, 1997

Disconaias disca Lea, 1838

Elliptio herrerae Marshall, 1924 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Elliptio opacata Crosse y Fischer, 1893 = Sphenonaias opacata

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry y Frierson, 1908)

Lampsilis explicata (Morelet, 1849) = Mesonaias explicata

Lampsilis revirosai [sic] = Mesonaias explicata

Lampsilis rousrosai [sic] Pilsbry, 1908 = Mesonaias explicata

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis umbrosa (Lea) = Mesonaias umbrosa

Megalonaias digitata Morelet, 1851 = Megalonaias nickliniana

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823

Megalonaias nickliniana Lea, 1851

Mesonaias explicatus Morelet, 1849 = Mesonaias explicata

Musculum [sic] transversum (Say, 1829) = Sphaerium transversum

Nephronaias aztecorum

Pavhynaias [sic] spheniopsis = Pachynaias spheniopsis

Pisidium abditum Haldeman = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium compressum Prime, 1851 = Euglesa compressa

Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium obtusale Pfeiffer, 1821 = Euglesa ventricosa

Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)

Pisidium vagae [sic] Pilsbry, 1925 = Pisidium vegae

Polymesoda olivacea (Carpenter, 1857) = Polymesoda altilis

Polymesoda salmacida (Morelet, 1851)

Popenaias popei (Lea, 1857) = Popenaias popeii

Potamilis [sic] metnecktayi Johnson, 1998 = Potamilus metnecktayi

Potamilis [sic] salinasensis (Fimbriata, 1907) = Disconaias fimbriata
+ Lampsilis fimbriata Frierson, 1907

Proptera alata Say = Potamilus alatus

Quadrula counchiana [sic] Lea, 1860 = Quadrula couchiana

Quadrula quedrula [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula

Sphaerium jalapensis Pilsbry, 1903

Sphaerium luridum Martens

Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899

Sphaerium mexicanum (Dall, 1905)

Sphaerium novoleonis Pilsbry, 1903

Sphaerium queretaronis Pilsbry, 1925

Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860

Sphaerium triangulare (Say)

Sphenonaias tanualipana [sic] Conrad, 1855

Unio plexus Conrad = Sphenonaias plexus

Uniomerus tretalasmus [sic] (Say, 1831) = Uniomerus tetralasmus

 
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