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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae

genus Profischeria Dall, 1903: synonymy
     5 Recent valid species (5 total species)

Fischeria Bernardi, 1860
Bernardi, 1860. Monogr. Galatea et Fischeria: 45.
(homonym of Robineau Devoidy, 1830 (Diptères); renamed Profischeria Dall, 1903)
Type species: Fischeria delessertii Bernardi, 1860 (monotypy) = Profischeria delessertii

Profischeria Dall, 1903
Dall, 1903. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 16: 7.
(new name for Fischeria Bernardi, 1860)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Egeria (sec. Profischeria) — Dall (1903)
Iphigenia — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf (2013)
Iphigenia (s.s.) — Thiele (1934)
Profischeria — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Kondakov et al. (2020)

 
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