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  Family Mytilidae

Genus Limnoperna

    Species L. fortunei
    Species L. atrata
    Species L. balani
    Species L. hepatica
    Species L. inconstans
    Species L. mangle
    Species L. pulex
    Species L. sambasensis
    Species L. securis

Taxon Information

The Genus Limnoperna has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Limnoperna, "typically brackish water genus of 9 species" (Graf, 2013).

Bibliography

• Graf, D.L. 2013. Patterns of freshwater bivalve global diversity and the state of phylogenetic studies on the Unionoida, Sphaeriidae, and Cyrenidae. American Malacological Bulletin 31: 135-153.

Web Pages

• MUSSEL Project Web Site
• World Register of Marine Species