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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 fontainei (d’Orbigny, 1846): synonymy
0 specimens Cyrena placens Hanley, 1844
Hanley, 1844. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1844: 160.
 Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 352, pl. 14, fig. 52.
Polymesoda (s.s.) placens — Martens (1900)
Cyanocyclas placens — Simone (2006) | |
Cyrena fontainei d’Orbigny, 1846
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 569, pl. 83, figs. 14-15.
Neocyrena fontainei — Olsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) fontainei — Keen (1971)
Polymesoda fontainei — WoRMS (2012) | |
Cyrena fortis Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 355.
Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 387, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Neocyrena fortis — Olsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) fontainei — Keen (1971) | |
Cyrena chilina Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 418.
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) fontainei — Keen (1971) | |
Cyrena fontaneii Clessin, 1877
‘d’Orbigny’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 113.
(error for Cyrena fontainei d’Orbigny, 1846) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Polymesoda (s.s.) placens — Martens (1900)
Neocyrena fontainei — Olsson (1961)
Neocyrena fortis — Olsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) fontainei — Keen (1971)
Cyanocyclas placens — Simone (2006)
Polymesoda fontainei — WoRMS (2012)
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