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 | Nephritica

species Nephritica poeyana (Lea, 1857): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

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

Range

Southwestern Mexico. (Central America: CA1)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Nephritica poeyana

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Mexico

USNM_706818 archeological site, 1 mi above junction of Rio Cuauta and Rio Amacuzas (trib. of Rio Balsas) Nexpa, Morelos, Mexico	USNM_706818 archeological site, 1 mi above junction of Rio Cuauta and Rio Amacuzas (trib. of Rio Balsas) Nexpa, Morelos, Mexico	UF_270528 Mexico
UF_270528 Mexico	USNM_85894 Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico	USNM_85894 Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico
USNM_85894 Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico	BMNH_MP_425 Rio Tamatoco, Mexico	ANSP_334456 Rio Tembembe, near Punta de Ixtla, Mexico
ANSP_334456 Rio Tembembe, near Punta de Ixtla, Mexico	FMNH_198375 San Gabriel, Pueblo near Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, Mexico	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

GenBank Vouchers

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