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 | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias

species Nephronaias rowellii (Lea, 1859): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Nephronaias rowellii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)

Range

Endemic to the Chagres Basin, Panama. (Central America: CA1)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Nephronaias rowellii

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Panama

USNM_84398 Chagres R., Panama	USNM_84398 Chagres R., Panama	USNM_151555 Chagres River, Colombia [Panama]
USNM_151555 Chagres River, Colombia [Panama]	ANSP_125625 Chagres River, New Grenada [Panama]	USNM_588899 Chagres River, nr. Gatuncillo, Panama
USNM_588899 Chagres River, nr. Gatuncillo, Panama	USNM_228673 Rio Chilibre, on trail from Cruces to Alajuela, Panama	USNM_228673 Rio Chilibre, on trail from Cruces to Alajuela, Panama
USNM_337653 Upper Trinidad River, Panama, SW Chagres R. drainage 80° W	USNM_337653 Upper Trinidad River, Panama, SW Chagres R. drainage 80° W

GenBank Vouchers

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