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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Friersonia iridella

Specimen USNM_1282427: Images

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson, 1908), Small river (local people call it Arroyo los Gatos), presumably a headwaters stream of the Casas Viajas system, at Rt Mx 80 in Nuevo Morelos (ca. 0.7 roadmiles from sign on E end of town), ca. 12.1 roadmiles along Rt Mx 80 W of Antiguo Morelos, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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