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

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda

species Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854): synonymy
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Cyrena radiata Hanley, 1844
Hanley, 1844. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1844: 159.

Polymesoda (s.s.) radiataMartens (1900)
Neocyrena radiataOlsson (1961)

Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 30.

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

Cyrena (Anomala) insignis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 32.

Neocyrena nicaraguanaOlsson (1961)

Cyrena acuta Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 355.
Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 387, pl. 14, fig. 1.

Polymesoda (s.s.) acutaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda arctataWoRMS (2012)

Cyrena ordinaria Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 19, fig. 15.

Polymesoda (Neocyrena) ordinariaKeen (1971)
Cyanocyclas ordinariaSimone (2006)
Polymesoda arctataWoRMS (2012)
Neocyrena ordinariaOBIS (2012)

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

Cyanocyclas regalisSimone (2006)
Polymesoda arctataWoRMS (2012)

Cyrena germana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 417.

Polymesoda (s.s.) germanaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) ordinariaKeen (1971)
Polymesoda arctataWoRMS (2012)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Polymesoda (s.s.) radiataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (s.s.) acutaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (s.s.) germanaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda arctataH.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023)
Neocyrena radiataOlsson (1961)
Neocyrena nicaraguanaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) ordinariaKeen (1971)
Cyanocyclas ordinariaSimone (2006)
Cyanocyclas regalisSimone (2006)
Neocyrena ordinariaOBIS (2012)

 
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