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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Contradentini | Yaukthwa

species Yaukthwa avaensis Bolotov, Konopleva, Vikhrev, Gofarov, Lopes-Lima, Bogan, Lunn, Chan, Win, Aksenova, Tomilova, Tanmuangpak, Tumpeesuwan & Kondakov, 2020: specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Yaukthwa avaensis — Bolotov et al. (2020), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022)

Range

Irrawaddy River, Myanmar.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Myanmar

RMBH_biv_680_1. (COI: MN275070, go to Genbank) MYANMAR: Tarkat Stream, 25.2758°N, 97.2722°E, tributary of the Ayeyarwady River.

RMBH_biv_680_3. (16S: MN307259, 28S: MN307200, COI: MN275071, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_680_5. (28S: MN307201, COI: MN275072, go to Genbank) ditto.