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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Rheodreissena

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

Synonymy

Mytilopsis lopesi Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989

Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 84 (suppl. 4): 27, figs. 1-9.

Mytilopsis lopesi — Simone (2006), Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Pereira et al. (2014)
Rheodreissena lopesi — Mansur et al. (2019), Ituarte (2020)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mytilopsis lopesi — Simone (2006), Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), Pereira et al. (2014)
Rheodreissena lopesi — Mansur et al. (2019), Ituarte (2020)

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