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

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae | Limnoperna

species Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy
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Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 113.

Xenostrobus securisRicciardi (1998), Kimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna securisBeu (2006), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013)

Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
Reeve, 1857. unknown publication: pl. 8, fig. 40.

Xenostrobus securisKimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna securisWoRMS (2011)

Perna confusa Angas, 1871
Angas, 1871. unknown publication: ??.

Xenostrobus securisKimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna securisWoRMS (2011)

Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
Hutton, 1878. unknown publication: ??.

Xenostrobus securisKimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna securisWoRMS (2011)

Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981
Habe, 1981. unknown publication: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Volsella fortunei Dunker, 1857)

Xenostrobus securisRicciardi (1998), Kimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna securisBeu (2006), WoRMS (2011)
Limnoperna fortunei kikuchiiPark & Choi (2008)

Modiola nitens Gould & Carpenter, 1857
Gould & Carpenter, 1857. unknown publication: ??.
(homonym of Mytilus nitens Menke, 1848)

Limnoperna securisWoRMS (2011)

Modiolus pulex Thiele, 1930
Thiele, 1930. unknown publication: 589.
(misidentified reference to Modiola pulex Lamarck, 1819)

Xenostrobus securisKimura et al. (1999)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Xenostrobus securisRicciardi (1998), Kimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna securisBeu (2006), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013)
Limnoperna fortunei kikuchiiPark & Choi (2008)

 
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