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

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae

genus Limnoperna Rochebrune, 1881: species
     3 available nominal genus synonyms (4 total synonyms) | cladomics

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
syonymy (11 available, 13 total) | specimens (1)
Range: China and Indochina. Introduced to Brazil, Korea and Japan. (South America, East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: GNR

Limnoperna atrata (Lischke, 1871) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, from southeastern Asia. (East Asia)

Limnoperna balani (Ockelmann, 1983) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, western Thailand. (East Asia)

Limnoperna hepatica (Gould, 1850) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Fiji. (Australasia)

Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856) (brackish)
syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, southern Australia. (Australasia)

Limnoperna mangle (Ockelmann, 1983) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, western Indochina. (East Asia)

Limnoperna pulex (Lamarck, 1819) (brackish)
syonymy (5 available, 5 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, southern Australia and New Zealand. (Australasia)

Limnoperna sambasensis (Dautzenberg, 1903) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Borneo. (East Asia)

Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819) (brackish)
syonymy (6 available, 7 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, southern Australia and New Zealand. Introduced to Japan. (East Asia, Australasia)

 
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