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Publication Pereira et al. (2014): taxonomic opinions
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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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) = Mulleria rivoli

Anodontites (Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix, 1827) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodontites (Lamproscapha) falsus (Simpson, 1900) = Lamproscapha falsa

Anodontites (s.s.) aroanus H.B. Baker, 1930 = Anodontites aroana

Anodontites (s.s.) carinatus (Dunker, 1858) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodontites (s.s.) colombiensis Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites colombiensis

Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Anodontites (s.s.) elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites elongata

Anodontites (s.s.) ferrarisii (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites ferrarisii

Anodontites (s.s.) guanarensis Marshall, 1927 = Anodontites guanarensis

Anodontites (s.s.) iheringi (Clessin, 1882) = Anodontites iheringi

Anodontites (s.s.) infossus H.B. Baker, 1930 = Anodontites infossa

Anodontites (s.s.) irisans Marshall, 1926 = Anodontites leotaudi

Anodontites (s.s.) lucidus (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites lucida

Anodontites (s.s.) moricandii (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites moricandii

Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites obtusa

Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites patagonica

Anodontites (s.s.) pittieri Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites tehuantepecensis

Anodontites (s.s.) puelchanus (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites (s.s.) schomburgianus (Sowerby, 1870) = Anodontites schomburgiana

Anodontites (s.s.) soleniformis (Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites solenidea

Anodontites (s.s.) tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodontites (s.s.) tortilis (Lea, 1852) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (s.s.) trapezeus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trapezea

Anticorbula fluviatilis (Adams, 1860)

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)

Byssanodonta paranensis Orbigny, 1846

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840

Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865

Castalia duprei (Récluz, 1842) = Callonaia duprei

Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869

Castalia inflata Orbigny, 1835

Castalia martensi (Ihering, 1891)

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857

Castalia nehringi (Ihering, 1891)

Castalia orbignyi (Deville & Hupé, 1850)

Castalia orinocensis Morrison, 1943

Castalia psammoica (Orbigny, 1835)

Castalia quadrata (Sowerby, 1869) = Castaliella quadrata

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 = Castaliella schombergiana

Castalia stevensi (Baker, 1930)

Castalia sulcata (Krauss, 1849) = Castaliella sulcata

Castalia undosa Martens, 1885

Congeria hoeblichi Schütt, 1991 = Rheodreissena hoeblichi

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)

Cyanocyclas amazonica (Prime, 1870)

Cyanocyclas bavayi (Ancey, 1880)

Cyanocyclas brasiliana (Deshayes, 1854)

Cyanocyclas cuneata (Jonas, 1844)

Cyanocyclas limosa (Maton, 1811)

Cyanocyclas paranaensis [sic] (Orbigny, 1835) = Cyanocyclas paranacensis

Cyanocyclas rotunda (Prime, 1860)

Cyanocyclas surinamica (Clessin, 1879)

Diplodon fontainianus (Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon greeffeanus (Ihering, 1893)

Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834)

Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1848)

Diplodon rotundus Spix, 1827

Diplodon solisianus (Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon uruguayensis (Lea, 1860)

Diplodon voltzi Vernhout, 1914

Diplodon (Australis) solidulus (Philippi, 1869) = Diplodon solidulus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) burroughianus (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon burroughianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) deceptus Simpson, 1914 sensu Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon funebralis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hildae Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon hildae

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) iheringi Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon iheringi

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) koseritzi (Clessin, 1888) = Diplodon koseritzi

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) peraeformis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon peraeformis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon variabilis

Diplodon (s.s.) aethiops (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon aethiops

Diplodon (s.s.) berthae Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon berthae

Diplodon (s.s.) besckeanus (Dunker, 1848) = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (s.s.) caipira (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon caipira

Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis (Gray, 1828) = Diplodon chilensis

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus (Lamarck, 1819) = Diplodon delodontus

Diplodon (s.s.) dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (s.s.) ellipticus Spix, 1827 = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (s.s.) expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon multistriatus

Diplodon (s.s.) granosa (Bruguière, 1792) = Diplodon granosus

Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon imitator

Diplodon (s.s.) martensi (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) multistriatus (Lea, 1831) = Diplodon multistriatus

Diplodon (s.s.) obsolescens Baker, 1913 = Diplodon obsolescens

Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Diplodon (s.s.) parodizi Bonetto, 1960 = Diplodon parodizi

Diplodon (s.s.) paulista (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon paulistus

Diplodon (s.s.) piceus (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon piceus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhombeus (Spix, 1827) = Diplodon rhombeus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus (Lea, 1856) = Diplodon suavidicus

Diplodon (s.s.) vicarius Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon vicarius

Diplodon (s.s.) wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon wymanii

Diplodontites cookei Marshall, 1922

Diplodontites olssoni Pilsbry, 1933

Diplodontites pilsbryana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951

Eupera bahiensis (Spix, 1827)

Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962

Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Dreher-Mansur, 1993

Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994

Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989

Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975

Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)

Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921

Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)

Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)

Fossula fossiculifera (Orbigny, 1835)

Haasica balzani (Ihering, 1893)

Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)

Leila esula (Orbigny, 1835)

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)

Monocondylaea corrientesensis (Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea costulata (Moricand, 1858)

Monocondylaea franciscana (Moricand, 1837)

Monocondylaea guarayana (Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea jaspidea (Hupé, 1857)

Monocondylaea minuana (Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea paraguayana (Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea parchappii (Orbigny, 1835)

Musculium argentinum (Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum

Musculium patagonicum Pilsbry, 1911 = Sphaerium patagonicum

Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)

Mycetopoda soleniformis Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)

Mytilopsis lopesi Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989 = Rheodreissena lopesi

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)

Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic] (Meuschen, 1781) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Pisidium bejumae Baker, 1930

Pisidium boliviense Sturany, 1900

Pisidium chicha Ituarte, 2005

Pisidium chilense (Orbigny, 1846) = Euglesa chilensis

Pisidium chiquitanum Ituarte, 2001

Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1879

Pisidium forense Meier-Brook, 1967

Pisidium globulus Clessin, 1888

Pisidium huillichum Ituarte, 1999

Pisidium inacayali Ituarte, 1996

Pisidium iquito Ituarte, 2004

Pisidium lebruni Mabille, 1884

Pisidium llanquihuense Ituarte, 1999

Pisidium magellanicum (Dall, 1908)

Pisidium meierbrooki Kuiper & Hinz, 1984

Pisidium ocloya Ituarte, 2005

Pisidium omaguaca Ituarte, 2005

Pisidium patagonicum Pilsbry, 1911

Pisidium pipoense Ituarte, 2000

Pisidium plenilunium (Melvill & Standen, 1907)

Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)

Pisidium sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Pisidium taraguyense Ituarte, 2000

Pisidium vile Pilsbry, 1897

Polymesoda aequilatera (Deshayes, 1854) = Polymesoda mexicana

Polymesoda solida (Philippi, 1846)

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Sphaerium aequatoriale (Clessin, 1879)

Sphaerium cambaraense (Mansur et al., 2008)

Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)

Sphaerium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)

Sphaerium titicacense (Pilsbry, 1924)

Tamsiella amazonica Bonetto, 1972

Tamsiella schroeteriana (Lea, 1852)

Tamsiella tamsiana (Dunker, 1858)

Triplodon chodo Mansur & Pimpão, 2008

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)