species Mesonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838): specimens

5 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Tiemann et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), de Moulpied et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
“Cyrtonaias tampicoensis” ** — Chapman et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Burlakova et al. (2012), ... Smith et al. (2020), Freeman et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Martínez et al. (2026), Barraza et al. (2026)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentina — Watters et al. (2009)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis tampicoensis — ITIS (2012)
Mesonaias tampicoensis — Cummings et al. (2025)

Range

Pánuco and Papaloapán basins, Mexico (Central America: CA1)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Mesonaias tampicoensis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

UMMZ_31844
Rio San Juan, Mexico
holotype
Actinonaias walkeri H.B. Baker, 1922

UMMZ_34890
Rio San Juan, nr Haciendo de Cuatotolapam, Mexico
holotype
Lampsilis sanjuanensis H.B. Baker, 1922

USNM_84843
Tampico, Mexico
lectotype
Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838

USNM_85338
Tecomate River, near Tlacotalpan, [Vera Cruz State], Mexico.
lectotype
Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841

ANSP_129940
Tecomate River, near Tlacotalpan, Mexico
paralectotype
Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

1 Specimens from Honduras

UMMZ_121213
Honduras. Dubious record.

43 Specimens from Mexico

OSUM_28272
“River Tampico, Mexico”

NCSM_5806
El Tempoal, El Higo, Veracruz, Mexico

AMNH_31034
Mexico

NCSM_MFM_1358
Mexico

BMNH_1907-10-28-268
Mexico

AMS_126904
Mexico

CM_61.2007
Mexico

CM_61.766
Mexico, Tamaulipas, Tampico

SMF_12416
Rio Casas Viejas, 25 m n.v. Valles, Mexiko

FMNH_67943
Rio Casas Viejas, between Valles and Pujol, Mexico

INHS_21707
Rio Casas Viejas, N of Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

INHS_21708
Rio Casas Viejas, N of Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

INHS_21709
Rio Casas Viejas, N of Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

MNHN_MP_1298
Rio Cosamaloapan, Vera Cruz, Mexique

AMS_10232
Rio Guayalejo, 19 mi ENE Ciudad Monte, Tamaulipas, Mexico

NCSM_MFM_19084
Rio Jaltepec, Jesus Carranza, Veracruz, Mexico

BMNH_MP_423
Rio Nopalapa, Mexico

OSUM_46822
Rio Panuco [25 mi. WSW of Tampico]

INHS_89442
Rio Pánuco, 18 km WSW of Panuco, 55 km SW of Tampico [Oviedo], Tamaulipas, Mexico

INHS_21710
Rio Panuco, Pujal, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

FMNH_11642
Rio Papaloapan, El Hule, Veracruz, Mexico

INHS_89430
Rio Purificacion, 27-28 km NE of Victoria, 235 km SW of Matamoros, Presa Vicente Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico

NCSM_5812
Rio Tamesi, Hwy. 80, @16 km W Magiscatzin, Tamaulipas, Mexico

INHS_89438
Rio Tampaón [22 km SSW of Ciudad Valles, 38 km S of Tamuin, 132 km WSW of Tampico], San Luis Potosi, Mexico

OSUM_46821
Rio Tempoal, [off Mexican Route 105, 50 mi. SW of Tampico]

INHS_89422
Rio Tempoal, Tempoal, Veracruz, Mexico

UF_215326
river, 14 km E Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 21° 26’ 13” N, 98° 56’ 00” W

USNM_1282329-30
San Luis Potosi, Rio Moctezuma at Tanquian de Escobedo

USNM_1282331-35
Tamaulipas, Rio Guayalejo at Rt. Mex. 80 near Mexcoltzin. ca. 17.9 roadmiles E of Ciudad Mante (measured from circle in southern Mante where the Tampico, Mante, and Valles roads diverge)

ZMB_MP_0479
Tampico

BMNH_1874-12-11-2
Tampico and Tecamate, Mexico

AMNH_29201
Tampico River

SMF_12418
Tampico, Mexico

SMF_12419
Veracruz, Mexico

USNM_1282338
Veracruz, Rio Papaloapan off road from Ciudad Aleman to Tuxtepec; ca. 0.5 roadmiles by dirt road to river; dirt road entrance to Aleman-Tuxtepec road is ca. 2.4 roadmiles W of divergence of roads to Ciudad Aleman and Cosamaloapan

USNM_1282339
Veracruz, Rio Papaloapan off Rt. Mex. 175 ca. 7.8 roadmiles S of the town square of Tlacotalpan

USNM_1282337
Veracruz, Rio Papaloapan off Rt. Mex. 175 in Cosamaloapan

USNM_1282378-79
Veracruz, Rio San Juan at Rt. Mex. 25 ca. 20.5 roadmiles S of Santiago Tuxtla (junction of Rt. Mex. 25 and Rt. Mex. 180), and ca. 16.2 roadmiles from junction of Rt. Mex. 25 and Rt. Mex. 145

USNM_1282336
Veracruz, Rio San Juan at Rt. Mex. 25 ca. 20.5 roadmiles S of Santiago Tuxtla (junction of Rt. Mex. 25 and Rt. Mex. 180), and ca. 16.2 roadmiles from junction of Rt. Mex. 25 and Rt. Mex. 145

USNM_1282341-42
Veracruz, Rio Tempoal (or Rio Calabazo) at Rt. Mex. 105 between Tempoal and Platon Sanchez. N21°25'00" W98°23'30" 8 Feb 82

USNM_1282340
Veracruz, Rio Tesechoacan at Tesechoacan, ca. 0.5 miles N of bridge of Rt. Mex. 145 (ca. 9.3 roadmiles W of junction of Rt. Mex. 145 and Rt. Mex. 25)

COMA_B.0910. Cosamaloapan, Veracruz, México

COMA_B.0977. Laguna de San Marcos, San Cristóbal, Veracruz, México

1 Specimens from unknown

ZMB_MP_0480
[no locality available - Central America]

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

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