Pictorial key for identification of bivalves of the lower River Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil, (Sphaeriidae, Hyriidae and Mycetopodidae)

Authors

  • Daniel Mansur Pimpão Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biologia Aquática

Keywords:

pictorial key, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Aripuanã River, Amazon

Abstract

Starting from freshwater mussels sampled mainly during low water seasons of 2004 and 2007, on the lower Aripunã River, a tributary from Madeira River, from the Amazon Basin, a pictorial key for the species identification is presented. Eleven taxa, ten to species level, were identified.
Issue Cover Vol.: 9 Num: 3

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Published

2009-09-01

How to Cite

Pimpão, D. M. (2009). Pictorial key for identification of bivalves of the lower River Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil, (Sphaeriidae, Hyriidae and Mycetopodidae). Biota Neotropica, 9(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/546

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2009): v9n3

Section

Identification Keys