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Publication Pereira et al. (2014): summary
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Complete Citation

Pereira, D., M.C.D. Mansur, L.D.S. Duarte, A.S. de Oliveira, D.M. Pimpão et al. 2014. Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation. Hydrobiologia 735: 15-44. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyanocyclas paranaensis Pereira et al., 2014
‘Orbigny’ Pereira et al., 2014. Hydrobiologia 735: [12].
(error for Cyclas (Cyrena) paranacensis d’Orbigny, 1835)

Paxyodon syrmathophorus Ramírez et al., 2003
‘Meuschen’ of Authors.
Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.
Pereira et al., 2014. Hydrobiologia 735: [11].
(error for Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791)

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