MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography

Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026

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), ... Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Southern New Guinea. (Australasia: AU3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Microdontia anodontaeformis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

UMMZ_304509
Bosset Lagoon, Papua New

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

Papua New Guinea

MCZ_191968 Attack Point, Fly River, Papua, Australian New Guinea	BMNH_91-11-6-57-59 British New Guinea	AMS_12004 Fly River, Attack Point, Papua; 8°20’S, 143°00’E
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

West Papua

SMF_3534
Jamur See N. Guinea

GenBank Vouchers

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

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

UMMZ_304508-304509. (16S: KP184861, 28S: KP184885, COI: KP184909, go to GenBank)