MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda neubaueri
nominal species Cyrena acuta Prime, 1861
Cyrena acuta Prime, 1861 = Polymesoda neubaueri
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 355.
Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 387, pl. 14, fig. 1.
(homonym of Cyrena acuta Ludwig, 1861; renamed Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854) — WoRMS, 2012: [web].
= Polymesoda (s.s.) acuta (Prime, 1861) — Martens, 1900: 547.
= Cyrena acuta Prime — Prime, 1895: 21.
= Cyrena acuta Prime — Clessin, 1877: 111, pl. 14, fig. 5-6.
= Cyrena acuta Prime — Prime, 1870: 141.
= Cyrena acuta Prime — Prime, 1865: 21, fig. 17.
