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

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This page documents data for Cantraine (1837), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Cantraine, F. 1837. Histoire naturelle et anatomie du système nerveux du genre Mytilana. Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie 7: 302-312.

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Attributed Genus Names

Mytilina Cantraine, 1837
Cantraine, 1837, Ann. des Sci. Nat. 7: 302, 306.
(homonym of Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 [Rotifera])
Type species: Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 456) = Dreissena polymorpha

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