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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 inflata (Philippi, 1851): synonymy
     1 specimen

Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851
Philippi, 1851. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool.: 71.

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataMartens (1900), Olsson (1961), Keen (1971)
Polymesoda inflataWoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012)
Geloina inflataOBIS (2012)

Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852
C.B. Adams, 1852. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 5: 499.
(homonym of Cyrena maritima d’Orbigny, 1853)

Polymesoda (Cyrenocapsa) maritimaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda maritimaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853
Récluz, 1853. J. de Conch. 4: 251, pl. 7, fig. 9.
(renamed Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3367_02, [no locality available].

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena dura Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 29.

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 22, sp. 39.
(renamed Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865)

Polymesoda (s.s.) angulataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 23, sp. 40.
(homonym of Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851; renamed Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. panamensisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 283.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 40.
(new name for Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1855)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. panamensisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 24, fig. 19.
(new name for Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 26.
(new name for Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1855)

Polymesoda (s.s.) angulataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena cardiformis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 8, figs. 27a-b.

Polymesoda (Egeta) anomalaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena isocardioides Dall, 1909
Dall, 1909. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 37(1704): 159, pl. 26, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena (Anomala) isocardioides Deshayes, 1855)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961)

Polymesoda joseana Morrison, 1946
Morrison, 1946. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 106(6): 44, pl. 1, figs. 12-14.

Polymesoda joseanaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena maritima Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 8, fig. 30.
(reference to Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataMartens (1900), Olsson (1961), Keen (1971)
Polymesoda (Cyrenocapsa) maritimaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (s.s.) angulataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. panamensisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda maritimaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda joseanaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda (Egeta) anomalaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda inflataWoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012)
Geloina inflataOBIS (2012)

 
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