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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!

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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda

species Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855): synonymy
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Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 30.

Polymesoda arctataH.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023)

Cyrena (Anomala) insignis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 32.

Neocyrena nicaraguanaOlsson (1961)

Cyrena regalis Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 18, fig. 13.

Cyanocyclas regalisSimone (2006)
Polymesoda arctataWoRMS (2012)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Polymesoda arctataH.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023)
Neocyrena nicaraguanaOlsson (1961)
Cyanocyclas regalisSimone (2006)

 
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