MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Indochinellini | Indonaia
species Indonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831): specimens
8 available nominal species synonyms (14 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (Radiatula) nuttalliana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea var. gaudichaudi — Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Radiatula caerulea — Nesemann et al. (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019)
Radiatula keraudreni — Nesemann et al. (2007)
Radiatula gaudichaudi — Nesemann et al. (2007)
Nodularia caeruleus — Burdi et al. (2009)
Parreysia caerulea — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Parreysia nuttalliana — Bogan (2010)
Parreysia nuttallianus — IUCN (2010)
Radiatula aff. caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2017)
Indonaia caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Jeratthitikul et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Imsong & Murali (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Radiatula nuttalliana — Zieritz et al. (2018)
Indonaia nuttalliana — Graf & Cummings (2021)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Range
Widespread in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
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Genbank Vouchers
Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers
India
FBRC_ZSI_1229 (RRc1). (COI: KT869141, go to Genbank) India: Fish pond, 16.31°N, 80.51°E, Krishna River basin, Uppalapadu, Andhra Pradesh.
Nepal
SMF_348833/17.08 [SMF_bf_74A]. (COI: OK480024, go to Genbank) Nepal: Jhajh nadi, 26.94°N, 85.31°E, Ganges River basin, Narayani Zone, Central Region.
SMF_348834/17.01 [SMF_bf_75A]. (COI: OK480021, go to Genbank) ditto.
SMF_348835/17.05 [SMF_bf_76B]. (COI: OK480022, go to Genbank) ditto.
SMF_348824/12.10 [SMF_bf_65B]. (COI: OK480016, go to Genbank) Nepal: Khageri khola, 27.58°N, 84.47°E, Ganges Basin, Narayani Zone, Central Region.
Thailand
UF_507572 (ICH-02312). (COI: MH350966, SRA: SRR8473076, go to Genbank) Thailand, Unnamed trib. Of Moei at Rt. 1206 in Wa Le (16.337647, 98.688342).