After revising the literature and consulting the pertinent virtual databases, we here list all
Brazilian marine bivalves currently considered as valid and include data on their …

Aplacophorans are common inhabitants of the deep-sea, where many places remain
unexplored regarding their biodiversity. Filling a gap in knowledge about these animals from …

Rheodreissena, a recently described genus of Dreissenidae, is represented by living
species that inhabit inland freshwaters of Brazil and Venezuela. The type species of …

The Spheniopsidae comprises four living species of Spheniopsis Sandberger, 1861 and
eight of Grippina, the latter restricted to the Pacific Ocean, the former also occurring in the …

For more than 50 years the genus Cyamiocardium was regarded as represented by three
species: Cyamiocardium denticulatum (with Cyamiocardium rotundatum as a synonym) …

Abstract Prochaetodermatidae (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Caudofoveata), typical inhabitants
of the deep sea, occur mainly along the continental slope, sometimes in high abundance …

Spheniopsis brasiliensis, from depths of 17–148 m off the southern Atlantic coast of Brazil, is
a predator of epipsammic micro-crustaceans which it sucks into the infra-septal chamber …

Falcidens australocaudatus sp. nov. is described from the southeastern Brazilian coast,
based on characters of external anatomy, including size, shape, and ornamentation of the …

This contribution provides the first integrative study of Cyamioidea, a group of bivalves
largely neglected in the past. By combining information obtained from shell morphology …

The bivalves of the families Vesicomyidae and Kelliellidae are common bottom inhabitants
of the deep-sea, with some taxonomic controversy concerning the smaller forms of the …