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

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Publication Mansur et al. (2020): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Mansur, M.C.D., I.C. Miyahira, J.O. Arruda, T.N. Antoniazzi & D.M. Pimpão. 2020. Key to Unionida. [in] Damborenea, Rogers & Thorp, eds. Freshwater Invertebrates — Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna 5 (4th edition): 409-430.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) = Mulleria rivoli

Anodontites carinatus (Dunker, 1858) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodontites colombiensis (Marshall, 1922)

Anodontites crispatus Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Anodontites cylindraceus (Lea, 1836) = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites elongata
+ Anodon trigonus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites guanarensis

Anodontites ferrarisi (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites ferrarisii

Anodontites iheringi (Clessin, 1882)

Anodontites inaequivalvis [sic] (Lea, 1868) = Anodontites montezuma
+ Anodonta lenticularis Lea, 1868
+ Anodon montezianus Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta depexa Martens, 1900

Anodontites inaequivalvis [sic] (Lea, 1868) = Anodontites tehuantepecensis

Anodontites leotaudi (Guppy, 1866)

Anodontites lucidus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites lucida

Anodontites montezuma (Lea, 1841)

Anodontites moricandi (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites moricandii

Anodontites napoensis (Lea, 1868) = Anodontites crispata

Anodontites obtusus (Spix in Wagner, 1827) = Anodontites obtusa

Anodontites patagonicus (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites patagonica

Anodontites pittieri Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites tehuantepecensis

Anodontites puelchanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites schomburgianus (Sowerby, 1870) = Anodontites schomburgiana

Anodontites soleniformis (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites solenidea

Anodontites tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodontites trapezeus (Spix in Wagner, 1827) = Anodontites trapezea

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)

Callonaia duprei (Récluz, 1842)

Castalia ambigua (Lamarck, 1819)

Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840

Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869

Castalia inflata d’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 (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Castalia quadrata Sowerby, 1867 = Castaliella quadrata

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 = Castaliella schombergiana

Castalia undosa Martens, 1885

Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849)

Diplodon aethiops (Lea, 1860)

Diplodon berthae Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon caipira (Ihering, 1893)

Diplodon chilensis (Gray, 1828)

Diplodon delodontus (Lamarck, 1819)

Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio besckeanus Dunker, 1849

Diplodon fontainianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon funebralis (Lea, 1860)

Diplodon granosus (Bruguière, 1792)

Diplodon greeffeanus (Ihering, 1893)

Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon imitator Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon martensi (Ihering, 1893)

Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio expansus Küster, 1856

Diplodon obsolescens F. Baker, 1914

Diplodon parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834)

Diplodon parodizi Bonetto, 1962

Diplodon paulista (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon paulistus

Diplodon piceus (Lea, 1860)

Diplodon rhombeus Spix in Wagner (1827)

Diplodon rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon rotundus Spix in Wagner, 1827

Diplodon solisianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)

Diplodon uruguayensis (Lea, 1860)

Diplodon vicarius Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon voltzi Vernhout, 1914

Diplodon wymanii (Lea, 1860)

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

Diplodontites cookei Marshall, 1922

Diplodontites olssoni Pilsbry, 1933

Diplodontites pilsbryana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix in Wagner, 1827)

Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)

Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea corrientesensis d’Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea costulata (Moricand, 1858)

Monocondylaea franciscana (Moricand, 1836)

Monocondylaea guarayana d’Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea jaspidea (Hupé in Castelnau, 1857)

Monocondylaea minuana d’Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea parchappii d’Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix in Wagner, 1827)

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)

Paxyodon syrmatophorus (Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Rhipidodonta burroughiana (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon burroughianus

Rhipidodonta charruana (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus

Rhipidodonta decepta (Simpson, 1914) = Diplodon gratus

Rhipidodonta garbei (Ihering, 1910) = Diplodon garbei

Rhipidodonta hildae (Ortmann, 1921) = Diplodon hildae

Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus

Rhipidodonta iheringi (Simpson, 1914) = Diplodon iheringi

Rhipidodonta koseritzi (Clessin, 1888) = Diplodon koseritzi

Rhipidodonta paranensis (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon paranensis

Rhipidodonta peraeformis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon peraeformis

Rhipidodonta variabilis (Maton, 1809) = Diplodon variabilis

Tamsiella amazonica Bonetto, 1972

Tamsiella schroeteriana (Lea, 1852)

Tamsiella tamsiana (Dunker, 1858)

Triplodon chodo Mansur & Pimpão, 2008

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

 
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