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

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Publication Bößneck et al. (2016): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bößneck, U., C. Clewing & C. Albrecht. 2016. Exploring high-mountain limnic faunas: discovery of a novel endemic bivalve species (Sphaeriidae: Pisidium) in the Nepal Himalayas. Invertebrate Systematics 30(6): 588-597. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Musculium indicum (Deshayes, 1854) = Sphaerium indicum

Musculium kashmirensis (Prashad, 1937) = Sphaerium kashmirensis
+ Musculium goshaitanensis Nesemann & Sharma, 2005

Musculium lacustre = Sphaerium lacustre

Pisidium alexeii sp. nov. = Odhneripisidium alexeii

Pisidium annandalei Prashad, 1925 = Odhneripisidium annandalei

Pisidium atkinsonianum Theobald, 1876 = Euglesa atkinsoniana

Pisidium casertanum = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium cf. casertanum = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium cf. dammermani = Odhneripisidium dammermani

Pisidium cf. ellisi = Conventus ellisi
+ Pisidium (Afropisidium) chandanbariensis Nesemann et al., 2007

Pisidium clarkeanum G. & H. Nevill, 1871 = Hindupisidium clarkeanum
+ Pisidium clarkeanum dhulikhelensis Nesemann & Sharma, 2005

Pisidium costulosum = Euglesa costulosa

Pisidium dammermani = Odhneripisidium dammermani

Pisidium edlaueri = Euglesa edlaueri

Pisidium ellisi Dance, 1967 = Conventus ellisi

Pisidium globulare = Euglesa globularis

Pisidium henslowanum = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium javanum van Benthem Jutting, 1931 = Hindupisidium javanum

Pisidium kuiperi Dance, 1967 = Odhneripisidium kuiperi

Pisidium lilljeborgii = Euglesa lilljeborgii

Pisidium nevillianum Theobald, 1876 = Hindupisidium nevillianum

Pisidium nitidum = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium obtusale = Euglesa obtusalis

Pisidium personatum = Euglesa personata

Pisidium stewarti = Odhneripisidium stewarti

Pisidium subtruncatum = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium supinum = Euglesa supina

Pisidium viridarium = Euglesa viridaria

Pisidium zugmayeri = Euglesa zugmayeri