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Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

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Taxonomy

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Myoida | Pholadoidea | Teredinidae

genus Psiloteredo Bartsch, 1922: species

1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Included Species

Psiloteredo healdi (Bartsch, 1931) (brackish)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, known from Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela and the Canal Zone, Panama. (Central America, South America)

Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848) (brackish)

syonymy (10 available, 12 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, north Atlantic. (North America, North Eurasia)

NatureServe: GNR

Psiloteredo senegalensis (Blainville, 1828) (brackish)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, described from West Africa. (Afrotropics)

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