Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias

species Nephronaias aeruginosa (Morelet, 1849): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Nephronaias aeruginosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

Range

Chiapas, Mexico. (Central America: CA1)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Nephronaias aeruginosa

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot BMNH_93-2-4-2019
BMNH_93-2-4-2019
In rivulo Michol, circa Palenqueanum vicum
lectotype
Unio aeruginosus Morelet, 1849

BMNH_93-2-4-2020. In rivulo Michol, circa Palenqueanum vicum — lectotype [as holotype] Unio aeruginosus Morelet, 1849

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

10 Specimens from Mexico

image of lot BMNH_99-11-4-49-54
BMNH_99-11-4-49-54
Arroyo Carrizo, La Chinantla, State of Oaxaca, Mexico

image of lot AMS_102126
AMS_102126
creek, 5.4 mi W Suchilapan, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Mexico

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USNM_127007
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

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NCSM_MFM_19087
Rio Jaltepec, Jesus Carranza, Veracruz, Mexico

image of lot USNM_162448
USNM_162448
Rio Michol, Guatemala

image of lot UF_270350
UF_270350
Rio Michol, Guatemala

image of lot UF_270374
UF_270374
Rio Michol, Guatemala

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ZMB_MP_0542
Rio Michol, Guatemala

image of lot USNM_471866
USNM_471866
Yucatan

image of lot ZMB_MP_0519
ZMB_MP_0519
Yucatan

1 Specimens from unknown

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MCZ_17067
Central America

GenBank Vouchers

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