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

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Publication Breure et al. (2022): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Breure, A.S.H., M.T. Roosen & J.D. Ablett. 2022. Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. Iberus 40(1): 1-290. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827) = Mulleria rivoli

Anodontites carinata (Dunker, 1858)

Anodontites crispata (Bruguière, 1792)
+ Anodonta napoensis Lea, 1868

Anodontites elongata (W. Swainson, 1823)
+ Anodonta (Glabaris) hidalgoi Germain, 1908

Anodontites tenebricosa (I. Lea, 1834)
+ Anodonta pastasana Miller, 1879

Anodontites tortilis I. (Lea, 1852)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodontites trigona (Spix, 1827)

Bartlettia stefanensis (J. Moricand, 1856)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865

Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869
+ Tetraplodon linki Marshall, 1926

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
+ Castalia pazi Hidalgo, 1868

Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon losadae F. Haas, 1966

Diplodontites cookei W.B. Marshall, 1922

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix, 1827)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)
+ Mycetopus occidentalis Miller, 1879

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)
+ Mycetopoda bolivari Haas, 1916

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)

Pisidium boliviense Stuarany, 1900

Pisidium wolfii Clessin, 1879

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
+ Unio ortonii Lea, 1868

Sphaerium aequatoriale Clessin, 1879

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)