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

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Publication Miller (1879): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Miller, K. 1879. Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge 1: 117-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta mortoniana Lea = Anodontites trigona
+ Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839

Anodonta mortoniana Lea = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta mortoniana Lea = Cristaria plicata

Anodonta pastasana Clessin n. sp. = Anodontites tenebricosa

Castalia truncata Schumacher = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840

Castalia truncata Schumacher = Castalia cordata

Columba blainvilliana Lea = Leila blainvilliana
+ Iridina blainvilliana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodon parishii Gray, 1834

Columba blainvilliana Lea = Leila esula

Cyrena fontainei d’Orb. = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena fortis Prime = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena tribunalis Prime = Polymesoda boliviana

Mycetopus occidentalis Clessin n. sp. = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopus siliquosus d’Orb. = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Anodon siliquosus Wagner, 1827

Mycetopus subsinuatus Sow. in Reeve = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) wolfii Clessin n. sp. = Pisidium wolfii

Praxis ecuadoriana Clessin n. sp. = Mytilopsis trautwineana

Praxis milleri Clessin n. sp. = Mytilopsis trautwineana

Sphaerium (Gruppe Corneola) aequatoriale Clessin n. sp. = Sphaerium aequatoriale