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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 Solander = Geloina expansa

Geloina inflata (Philippi) = Polymesoda inflata

Geloina maritima (d’Orbigny) = Polymesoda floridana

Geloina olivacea (Carpenter) = Polymesoda mexicana

Geloina salmacida (Morelet) = Polymesoda floridana

Geloina siamica = Geloina bengalensis

Geloina suborbicularis (Philippi)

Neocyrena exquisita (Prime) = Polymesoda exquisita

Neocyrena ordinaria (Prime) = Polymesoda ordinaria

Neocyrena solida (Philippi) = Polymesoda fortis

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck) = Geloina bengalensis

Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)

Polymesoda cordata (Martens) = Polymesoda obscura

Polymesoda expansa (Mousson) = Geloina expansa

Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846)

Polymesoda inflata (Philippi, 1851)

Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

Polymesoda triangulata (Philippi) = Polymesoda triangula

Villorita cornucopia Prashad

Villorita cyprinoides Gray