MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Tue 02 June 2026
genus Bactronophorus Tapparone Canefri, 1887: synonymy
Synonymy
Calobates Gould, 1862
(homonym of Kaup, 1829 (Aves); intro'd as sub-gen. of Teredo Linnaeus, 1758; renamed Bactronophorus Tapparone Canefri, 1887)
Gould, 1862. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 283.
Bactronophorus Tapparone Canefri, 1887
(new name for Calobates Gould, 1862)
Tapparone Canefri, 1887. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 9: 290.
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Bactronophorus, since 1900.
