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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephritica

species Nephritica poeyana (Lea, 1857): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Nephritica poeyanaGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

Range

Southwestern Mexico.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Mexico

specimen
USNM_706818

archeological site, 1 mi above junction of Rio Cuauta and Rio Amacuzas (trib. of Rio Balsas) Nexpa, Morelos, Mexico

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USNM_706818

archeological site, 1 mi above junction of Rio Cuauta and Rio Amacuzas (trib. of Rio Balsas) Nexpa, Morelos, Mexico

specimen
UF_270528

Mexico

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UF_270528

Mexico

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USNM_85894

Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico

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USNM_85894

Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico

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USNM_85894

Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico

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BMNH_MP_425

Rio Tamatoco, Mexico

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ANSP_334456

Rio Tembembe, near Punta de Ixtla, Mexico

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ANSP_334456

Rio Tembembe, near Punta de Ixtla, Mexico

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FMNH_198375

San Gabriel, Pueblo near Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, Mexico

specimen
FMNH_198375

San Gabriel, Pueblo near Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, Mexico

COMA_B.0190. Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, México. 18.6188889, -99.3294444

COMA_B.0911. Rio Tembembe, near Punta de Ixtla, Mexico

COMA_B.0660. San Gabriel, cerca Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, México