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

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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) mexicanaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda mexicanaH.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023)
Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicanaOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena altilis Gould, 1852
Gould, 1852. Boston Journ. of Nat. Hist. 6: 400, pl. 16, fig. 5 bis.

Neocyrena triangulaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Egeta) altilisKeen (1971)
Polymesoda altilisWoRMS (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.) mexicanaKeen (1971)
Cyanocyclas nitidulaSimone (2006)

Cyrena olivacea Carpenter, 1857
Carpenter, 1857. Maz. Shells: 114.
(homonym of Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848)

Polymesoda (s.s.) olivaceaMartens (1900)
Neocyrena triangulaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Egeta) altilisKeen (1971)
Polymesoda olivaceaContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Geloina olivaceaOBIS (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.) olivaceaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) altilisKeen (1971)

Cyrena fragilis Sowerby, 1878
Deshayes, Mus. Cuming Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: ??.

Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicanaKeen (1971)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Polymesoda (Egeta) mexicanaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (s.s.) olivaceaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda mexicanaH.B. Baker (1930), WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023)
Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicanaOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)
Neocyrena triangulaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Egeta) altilisKeen (1971)
Polymesoda olivaceaContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Cyanocyclas nitidulaSimone (2006)
Polymesoda altilisWoRMS (2012)
Geloina olivaceaOBIS (2012)

 
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