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

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Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Rheodreissena

species Rheodreissena hoeblichi (Schütt, 1991): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Congeria lioeblichi [sic] — Lasso et al. (2009)
Congeria hoeblichi — Bogan (2010), Huber (2010), Pereira et al. (2014)
Mytilopsis sallei — WoRMS (2011), He & Zhuang (2013)
Rhepdreissena hoeblichi — Geda et al. (2018)
Rheodreissena hoeblichi — Mansur et al. (2019), Ituarte (2020), Mansur et al. (2024)

Range

Orinoco Basin of northern South America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Venezuela

SMF_309206. Venezuela: Bolívar state: río Caroni (tributary of lower Orinoco): near Ciudad Guayana, above hydroelectric works