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

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Publication Czaja et al. (2023): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Czaja, A., A.P. Covich, J.L. Becerra-López, D.G. Cordero-Torres & J.L. Estrada-Rodrígez. 2023. The freshwater mollusks of Mexico: Can we still prevent their silent extinction? [in] Jones et al. (eds), Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene: 81-103. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias computata (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Actinonaias sapotalensis

Actinonaias coyensis (Pilsbry, 1910)

Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838)

Actinonaias moctezumensis (Pilsbry, 1910) = Disconaias fimbriata

Actinonaias sapotalensis (Lea, 1841)

Actinonaias signata (Pilsbry, 1910)

Actinonaias undivaga (Pilsbry, 1910) = Actinonaias signata

Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852

Anodonta impura Say, 1829 = Brachyanodon impura

Anodonta lurulenta (Morelet, 1849) = Anodontites lurulenta

Anodonta nuttalliana I. Lea, 1838

Anodontites cylindracea (I. Lea, 1838)

Anodontites tehuantepecensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Barynaias opacata (Crosse & Fischer, 1894) = Sphenonaias opacata

Barynaias pigerrimus (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) = Sphenonaias plexus

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

Cyanocyclas paranacensis (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896

Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) = Mesonaias explicata

Cyrtonaias livida (Simpson, 1900) = Mesonaias explicata

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (I. Lea, 1838) = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Cyrtonaias umbrosa (I. Lea, 1856) = Mesonaias umbrosa

Delphinonaias largillierti (Philippi, 1847)

Delphinonaias planivalvis (Morelet, 1851) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Delphinonaias scutulata (Morelet, 1849)

Disconaias conchos Taylor, 1997

Disconaias discus (I. Lea, 1838) = Disconaias disca

Disconaias fimbriata (Frierson, 1907)

Disconaias novileonis (Pilsbry, 1910) = Friersonia iridella

Disconaias panacoensis (Philippi, 1843) = Disconaias disca

Disconaias purpuriata (Say, 1831)

Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)

Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852)

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925

Eupera singleyi (Pilsbry, 1889)

Friersonia iridella (Frierson, 1907)

Fusconaia mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1895)

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Megalonaias nickliniana (I. Lea, 1834)

Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822) = Sphaerium partumeium

Musculium subtransversum (Prime, 1860) = Sphaerium subtransversum

Musculium transversum (Say, 1829) = Sphaerium transversum

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Nephritica poeyana (I. Lea, 1857)

Nephronaias aeruginosa (Morelet, 1849)

Nephronaias aztecorum (Philippi, 1847)

Nephronaias calamitarum (Morelet, 1849)

Nephronaias goascoranensis (Lea, 1858)

Nephronaias hermanni (Haas, 1929) = Psoronaias guatemalensis

Nephronaias macnielii (I. Lea, 1869)

Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859)

Nephronaias plicatula (Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias aztecorum

Nephronaias ravistella (Morelet, 1849)

Nephronaias sphenorhyncha (Crosse y Fischer, 1893)

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856)

Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet, 1849)

Pisidium nitidum (Jenyns, 1832) = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)

Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)

Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)

Polymesoda salmacida (Morelet, 1851)

Popenaias berezai Inoue et al. 2020

Popenaias ganina (Pilsbry, 1910) = Popenaias semirasa

Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Popenaias semirasa (Pilsbry, 1910)

Popenaias tehuantepecensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Nephronaias tehuantepecensis

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus metnecktayi Johnson, 1998

Potamilus rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) = Mesonaias explicata

Psoronaias distincta (Crosse & Fischer, 1893)

Psoronaias guatemalensis (Simpson, 1900)

Psoronaias herrerae (Marshall, 1923) = Psoronaias semigranosa

Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet, 1849) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psoronaias percompressa (Martens, 1887) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psoronaias profunda (Simpson, 1914) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psoronaias semigranosa (Philippi, 1843)

Psoronaias usumasintae (Crosse & Fischer, 1892) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula couchiana (I. Lea, 1860)

Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899

Sphaerium mexicanum Dall, 1905

Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium triangulare (Say, 1829)

Sphenonaias colorata (Küster, 1856)

Sphenonaias liebmanni (Philippi, 1847)

Sphenonaias mexicana (Philippi, 1847)

Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) = Mesonaias explicata

Sphenonaias taumilapana (Conrad, 1855)

Truncilla cognata (Lea, 1860)

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)