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freshwater mussels
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freshwater mussels
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Mulleria rivoli
nominal species Mülleria lobata Adams & Adams, 1857
Mülleria lobata Adams & Adams, 1857 = Mulleria rivoli
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 193. [nomen nudum]
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511.
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 4a-b.
‘Férussac’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435, fig. 222 [as ‘Mulleria’].
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) — IUCN, 2016: [web].
+ Acostaea (s.s.) rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) — Haas, 1969: 605.
= Acostaea (s.s.) lobata (Ferussac) — Haas, 1969: N467, fig. D57:2.
+ Acostaea rivoli (Deshayes, 1827) — Pain & Woodward, 1961: 6.
= Mulleria lobata — Woodward, 1898: 87.
= Mulleria lobata Férussac — Fischer, 1886: 1007, fig. 761.
= Mulleria lobata Férussac — Sowerby, 1872: pl. 1, sp. 2, figs. 1a-c.
= Mulleria lobata Fér. — Woodward, 1871: 435, fig. 222.
= Mülleria [sic] lobata Férussac — Adams & Adams, 1857: 511, pl. 120, fig. 4-4b.
