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

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Publication OBIS (2012): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

OBIS. 2012. .

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Batissa calophylla (Philippi)

Batissa similis Prime, 1862

Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula africana

Corbicula astartina (Martens, 1859)

Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula penninsularis [sic] Prashad = Corbicula peninsularis

Corbicula siamensis Prashad

Corbicula striatella Deshayes

Geloina anomala (Deshayes) = Polymesoda anomala

Geloina coaxans (Gmelin) = Geloina erosa

Geloina erosa Solander

Geloina inflata (Philippi) = Polymesoda inflata

Geloina maritima (d’Orbigny) = Polymesoda floridana

Geloina olivacea (Carpenter) = Polymesoda altilis

Geloina salmacida (Morelet) = Polymesoda salmacida

Geloina siamica = Geloina bengalensis

Geloina suborbicularis (Philippi)

Neocyrena exquisita (Prime) = Polymesoda boliviana

Neocyrena ordinaria (Prime) = Polymesoda arctata

Neocyrena solida (Philippi) = Polymesoda solida

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck) = Geloina bengalensis

Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)

Polymesoda cordata (Martens)

Polymesoda expansa (Mousson) = Geloina expansa

Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846)

Polymesoda inflata (Philippi, 1851)

Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

Polymesoda triangulata (Philippi)

Villorita cornucopia Prashad

Villorita cyprinoides Gray