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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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]

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).

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

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

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: G5.

Eupera degorteri (Kuiper, 1954)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Madagascar. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Endangered.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eupera troglobia Simone & Ferreira, 2022
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Casa da Pedra cave, Brazil. [South America]

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

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

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

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

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

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