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

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Publication Hallen et al. (2013): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Hallen, A., D.J. Colgan, L.C. Anderson, A. García & A.R. Chivas. 2013. A single origin for the limnetic–euryhaline taxa in the Corbulidae (Bivalvia). Zoologica Scripta 42(3): 278-287. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cardita leana Dunker, 1860

Caryocorbula amethystina (Olsson, 1961)

Caryocorbula caribaea (d’Orbigny, 1853) = Caryocorbula swiftiana

Caryocorbula marmorata (Hinds, 1843)

Caryocorbula zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) = Corbula zelandica

Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864

Corbula dietziana C.B. Adams, 1852

Dreissena blanci = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena blanci var. presbensis Kobelt, 1915 = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1802

Eucrassatella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)

Katelysia scalarina (Lamarck, 1818)

Lentidium dalyfluvialis (Hallen & Willan, 2010)

Lentidium mediterraneum (O.G. Costa, 1823)

Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Notocorbula coxi (Pilsbry, 1897) = Corbula smithiana

Notocorbula hydropica (Iredale, 1930) = Corbula hydropica

Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)

Sphenia perversa Blanford, 1867

Vokesula limatula (Conrad, 1846)