Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae): first record in the São Francisco River basin, Brazil

• Published in: Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1846 - 6
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Newton P. U., Silva, Fabiano A., De Oliveira, Márcia Divina, Neto, Miguel Arcanjo dos Santos, De Carvalho, Marcela David, Cardoso, Antônio Valadão
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 23.02.2016
• Subjects: Limnoperna fortunei; Mollusks; River basins; Rivers; Brazil

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) is a small mytilid native to Southeast Asia. It was introduced in South America in early 1990 and has dispersed from Argentina to central Brazil, and until 2014 has been restricted mainly to the Paraná and Uruguay river basins. The present note reports the occurren...