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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda

species Polymesoda boliviana (Philippi, 1851): synonymy

Synonymy

Cyrena boliviana Philippi, 1851

Philippi, 1851. Z. Malak.: 70.

Polymesoda (Neocyrena) boliviana — Keen (1971)
Cyanocyclas boliviana — Simone (2006)
Polymesoda boliviana — WoRMS (2012)

Cyrena exquisita Prime, 1867

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 417.

Polymesoda (s.s.) exquisita — Martens (1900)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) boliviana — Keen (1971)
Neocyrena exquisita — OBIS (2012)

Cyrena tribunalis Prime, 1870

Prime, 1870. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 9: 300.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 148. [nomen nudum]

Neocyrena tribunalis — Olsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) boliviana — Keen (1971)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Polymesoda (s.s.) exquisita — Martens (1900)
Neocyrena tribunalis — Olsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) boliviana — Keen (1971)
Cyanocyclas boliviana — Simone (2006)
Polymesoda boliviana — WoRMS (2012)
Neocyrena exquisita — OBIS (2012)

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