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

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For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Euperinae

genus Eupera Bourguignat, 1854: valid species
3 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Eupera bahamensis (Clench, 1938)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Described from the Bahamas. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera bahiensis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)
7 synonyms | 6 specimens
Range: Orinoco and Amazon basins, South America. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Eupera moquiniana).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera barbadensis (Prime, 1861)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Barbados, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera crassa (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Endemic to Lake Victoria, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Central America, Caribbean and southern United States. [Central America, North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: Other Molluscs G5.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Eupera degorteri (Kuiper, 1954)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Madagascar. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera doellojuradoi Klappenbach, 1962
1 synonym | 1 specimen
Range: Parana Basin, Brazil and Uruguay. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera elliptica Ituarte & Mansur, 1993
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Iguazu River, Argentina. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)
8 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Venezuela. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera guaraniana Ituarte, 1994
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Uruguay River, South America. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera haitiensis Klappenbach, 1970
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Haiti, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera iguazuensis Ituarte, 1989
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Iguazu River, Argentina. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1926
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera klappenbachi Mansur & Veitenheimer, 1975
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera meridionalis (Prime, 1861)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Panama. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera modioliforme (Anton, 1837)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Venezuela and Brazil. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera ovata (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Central Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera parvula (Prime, 1865)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Puerto Rico, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Costa Rica. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Parana Basin, Argentina and Uruguay. [South America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera portoricensis (Prime, 1861)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Puerto Rico and Cuba, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Upper Amazon, Peru. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Orinoco and Amazon basins, Venezuela and Brazil. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera singleyi (Pilsbry, 1889)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Central and South America. [Central America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Eupera sturanyi (Waagen, 1905)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lower Congo, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Zanzibar. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Eupera triangulum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera troglobia Simone & Ferreira, 2022
1 synonym | 1 specimen
Range: Casa da Pedra cave, Brazil. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera tumida (Clessin, 1879)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Amazon Basin, Peru and Brazil. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Eupera veatleyi (Adams, 1849)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jamaica, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera ventricosa (Clessin, 1882)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Haiti, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera viridantis (Prime, 1865)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Guadeloupe, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Eupera weinlandi (Clessin, 1882)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Haiti, Caribbean. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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