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
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Microdontia
species Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): specimens
2 available nominal species synonyms
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Microdontia anodontaeformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), ... Sahidin et al. (2021), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Lawrie et al. (2026), Prié et al. (2026)
Range
Southern New Guinea. (Australasia: AU3)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Type Specimens
SMF_3534
Jamur See N. Guinea
paratype
Unio beauforti Bavay, 1908
Other Specimens by Country | show by collection
3 Specimens from Indonesia
MCZ_221345
Digoel River, at Tanahmerah, Dutch New Guinea
FMNH_54521
Lake Jamoer, West New Guinea
AMS_126035
N of Tanahmerah, West Irian, Indonesia; 7°07’S, 138°42’E
11 Specimens from Papua New Guinea
MCZ_191968
Attack Point, Fly River, Papua, Australian New Guinea
UMMZ_304509
Bosset Lagoon, Papua New
BMNH_91-11-6-57-59
British New Guinea
AMS_12004
Fly River, Attack Point, Papua; 8°20’S, 143°00’E
BMNH_86-7-26-330-331
Fly River, British New Guinea
USNM_162068
Fly River, New Guinea
AMS_127048
Fly River, New Guinea
AMS_126034
Fly River, West Papua, Indonesia
MCZ_218280
Ingin Lagoon, upper Fly River, Western Division, Papua New Guinea
UMMZ_304508
Lake Daviumbu, Papua New
AMS_62010
Sepik River, Marui, on road S of Wewak, P.N.G.; 4°02’S, 143°05’E
GenBank Vouchers
Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers
Papua New Guinea
UMMZ_304509. (COI: KP184909, go to GenBank) Bosset Lagoon, Papua New.
UMMZ_304508. (16S: KP184861, 28S: KP184885, go to GenBank) Lake Daviumbu, Papua New.
