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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Rheodreissena

species Rheodreissena lopesi (Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mytilopsis lopesi — Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Pereira et al. (2014)
Rheodreissena lopesi — Mansur et al. (2019), Ituarte (2020)

Range

Tributaries of the lower Amazon Basin, South America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Brazil

INPA_1025. Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Xingu): rio Xingu: cachoeira Tapaiuna

INPA_1026. Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Xingu): rio Xingu: cachoeira Xatêturu

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.