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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 mexicana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829): synonymy 1 specimen Cyrena mexicana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 Broderip & Sowerby, 1829. Zool. Jour. 4: 364.
Polymesoda (Egeta) mexicana — Martens (1900) Polymesoda mexicana — H.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023) Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicana — Olsson (1961), Keen (1971) | |
Cyrena altilis Gould, 1852 Gould, 1852. Boston Journ. of Nat. Hist. 6: 400, pl. 16, fig. 5 bis.
Neocyrena triangula — Olsson (1961) Polymesoda (Egeta) altilis — Keen (1971) Polymesoda altilis — WoRMS (2012) | |
Cyrena aequilateralis Deshayes, 1855 Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 255 [as ‘æquilateralis’]. (new name for Cyrena aequilatera Deshayes, 1855) | |
Cyrena (Anomala) nitidula Deshayes, 1855 Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 21, sp. 34.
Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicana — Keen (1971) Cyanocyclas nitidula — Simone (2006) | |
Cyrena olivacea Carpenter, 1857 Carpenter, 1857. Maz. Shells: 114. (homonym of Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848)
Polymesoda (s.s.) olivacea — Martens (1900) Neocyrena triangula — Olsson (1961) Polymesoda (Egeta) altilis — Keen (1971) Polymesoda olivacea — Contreras-Arquieta (2000) Geloina olivacea — OBIS (2012) | |
Cyrena varians Carpenter, 1857 Carpenter, 1857. Maz. Shells: 115. [nomen nudum] | |
Cyrena inaequilateralis of Authors, unknown year Deshayes of Authors. | |
Cyrena fontainei Philippi, 1851 Philippi, 1851. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool.: 70. (misidentified reference to Cyrena fontainei d’Orbigny, 1846)
Polymesoda (s.s.) olivacea — Martens (1900) Polymesoda (Egeta) altilis — Keen (1971) | |
Cyrena fragilis Sowerby, 1878 Deshayes, Mus. Cuming Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: ??.
Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicana — Keen (1971) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Polymesoda (Egeta) mexicana — Martens (1900) Polymesoda (s.s.) olivacea — Martens (1900) Polymesoda mexicana — H.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023) Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicana — Olsson (1961), Keen (1971) Neocyrena triangula — Olsson (1961) Polymesoda (Egeta) altilis — Keen (1971) Polymesoda olivacea — Contreras-Arquieta (2000) Cyanocyclas nitidula — Simone (2006) Polymesoda altilis — WoRMS (2012) Geloina olivacea — OBIS (2012)
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