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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!


Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae

genus Lamproscapha Swainson, 1840: species
     2 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix in Wagner, 1827)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (117)
Range: Widespread in tropical South America, including the ParanĂ¡ and Amazon systems. (South America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Lamproscapha falsa (Simpson, 1900)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (7)
Range: Orinoco and Essiquibo basins, Venezuela. (South America)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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