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

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Publication Ituarte (2020): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Ituarte, C. 2020. Key to Bivalvia, Myida & Key to Bivalvia, Venerida. [in] Damborenea, Rogers & Thorp, eds. Freshwater Invertebrates — Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna 5: 391-408.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anticorbula fluviatilis (H. Adams, 1860)

Byssanodonta paranensis

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)

Erodona mactroides Daudin in Bosc, 1801

Eupera bahamensis (Clench, 1938)

Eupera bahiensis (Spix, 1827)

Eupera barbadensis (Prime, 1861)

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962

Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Mansur, 1993

Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930

Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994

Eupera haitiensis Klappenbach, 1970

Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925

Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975

Eupera meridionalis (Prime, 1861)

Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)

Eupera parvula (Prime, 1865)

Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900

Eupera platensis Doello Jurado, 1921

Eupera portoricensis (Prime, 1861)

Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)

Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)

Eupera veatleyii (Adams, 1849) = Eupera veatleyi

Eupera ventricosa (Clessin, 1882)

Eupera viridantis (Prime, 1865)

Eupera weinlandi (Clessin, 1882)

Musculium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum

Musculium patagonicum (Pilsbry, 1911) = Sphaerium patagonicum

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)

Neocorbicula brasiliana (Deshayes, 1854) = Cyanocyclas brasiliana

Neocorbicula exquisite [sic] (Marshall, 1924) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Neocorbicula fortis (Marshall, 1924) = Cyanocyclas paranacensis

Neocorbicula guahybensis (Marshall, 1927) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Neocorbicula limosa (Maton, 1809) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Neocorbicula paranensis [sic] (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Cyanocyclas paranacensis

Pisidium bejumae H.B. Baker, 1930

Pisidium chicha Ituarte, 2005

Pisidium chilense (d’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 vegae Pilsbry, 1926

Pisidium vile Pilsbry, 1897

Pisidium wolfii Clessin, 1879

Polymesoda solida (Philippi, 1846) = Polymesoda fortis

Polymesoda zulia H.B. Baker, 1930 = Polymesoda notabilis

Rheodreissena cordilineata Mansur, Pereira, Pimpão & Sabaj, 2019

Rheodreissena hoeblichi (Schütt, 1991)

Rheodreissena lopesi (Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989)

Rheodreissena xinguana Mansur, Pereira, Pimpão & Sabaj, 2019

Sphaerium aequatoriale Clessin, 1879

Sphaerium cambaraense (Dreher-Mansur, Ituarte & Meier-Brook, 2008)

Sphaerium costaricanum Martens, 1900

Sphaerium davisi (Bartsch, 1908)

Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)

Sphaerium jalapensis Pilsbry, 1899

Sphaerium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)

Sphaerium luridum Martens, 1900

Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899

Sphaerium mexicanum (Dall, 1905)

Sphaerium novoleonis Pilsbry, 1899

Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860

Sphaerium titicacense Pilsbry, 1924

Sphaerium triangulare (Say, 1829)

 
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