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

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Publication Mansur & Valer (1992): summary
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Complete Citation

Mansur, M.C.D. & R.M. Valer. 1992. Moluscos bivalves do Rio Uraricoera e Rio Branco, Roraima, Brazil. Amazoniana 12(1): 85-100. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites crispatus Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Anodontites incarum (Philippi, 1869) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites irisans Marshall, 1926 = Anodontites leotaudi

Anodontites schomburgianus (Sowerby, 1870) = Anodontites schomburgiana

Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852)

Anodontites trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trigona

Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 = Castalia ambigua
+ Tetraplodon juruanus Ihering, 1910

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 = Castaliella schombergiana

Castalia sulcata (Krauss, 1848) = Castaliella sulcata

Diplodon obsolescens Baker, F., 1914

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)

Paxyodon syrmatophorus (Meuschen, 1781) = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

 
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