MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Czaja et al. (2023): summary
Full Citation
Czaja, A., A.P. Covich, J.L. Becerra-López, D.G. Cordero-Torres & J.L. Estrada-Rodrígez. 2023. The freshwater mollusks of Mexico: Can we still prevent their silent extinction? [in] Jones et al. (eds), Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene: 81-103. Available electronically.
Taxonomic Opinions
Actinonaias computata (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Actinonaias sapotalensis
Actinonaias coyensis (Pilsbry, 1910)
Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838)
Actinonaias moctezumensis (Pilsbry, 1910) = Disconaias fimbriata
Actinonaias sapotalensis (Lea, 1841)
There are 97 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Actinonaias signata (Pilsbry, 1910)
Actinonaias undivaga (Pilsbry, 1910) = Actinonaias signata
Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852
Anodonta impura Say, 1829 = Brachyanodon impura
Anodonta lurulenta (Morelet, 1849) = Anodontites lurulenta
Anodonta nuttalliana I. Lea, 1838
Anodontites cylindracea (I. Lea, 1838)
Anodontites tehuantepecensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)
Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)
Barynaias opacata (Crosse & Fischer, 1894) = Sphenonaias opacata
Barynaias pigerrimus (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894) = Psoronaias crocodilorum
Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) = Sphenonaias plexus
Barynaias sallei (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Nephronaias sallei
Cyanocyclas paranacensis (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896
Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) = Mesonaias explicata
Cyrtonaias livida (Simpson, 1900) = Mesonaias explicata
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (I. Lea, 1838) = Mesonaias tampicoensis
Cyrtonaias umbrosa (I. Lea, 1856) = Mesonaias umbrosa
Delphinonaias largillierti (Philippi, 1847)
Delphinonaias planivalvis (Morelet, 1851) = Delphinonaias largillierti
Delphinonaias scutulata (Morelet, 1849)
Disconaias conchos Taylor, 1997
Disconaias discus (I. Lea, 1838) = Disconaias disca
Disconaias fimbriata (Frierson, 1907)
Disconaias novileonis (Pilsbry, 1910) = Friersonia iridella
Disconaias panacoensis (Philippi, 1843) = Disconaias disca
Disconaias purpuriata (Say, 1831)
Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)
Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852)
Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)
Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925
Eupera singleyi (Pilsbry, 1889)
Friersonia iridella (Frierson, 1907)
Fusconaia mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1895)
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Megalonaias nickliniana (I. Lea, 1834)
Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822) = Sphaerium partumeium
Musculium subtransversum (Prime, 1860) = Sphaerium subtransversum
Musculium transversum (Say, 1829) = Sphaerium transversum
Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
Nephritica poeyana (I. Lea, 1857)
Nephronaias aeruginosa (Morelet, 1849)
Nephronaias aztecorum (Philippi, 1847)
Nephronaias calamitarum (Morelet, 1849)
Nephronaias goascoranensis (Lea, 1858)
Nephronaias hermanni (Haas, 1929) = Psoronaias guatemalensis
Nephronaias macnielii (I. Lea, 1869)
Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859)
Nephronaias plicatula (Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias aztecorum
Nephronaias ravistella (Morelet, 1849)
Nephronaias sphenorhyncha (Crosse y Fischer, 1893)
Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856)
Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet, 1849)
Pisidium nitidum (Jenyns, 1832) = Euglesa nitida
Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)
Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Polymesoda salmacida (Morelet, 1851)
Popenaias berezai Inoue et al. 2020
Popenaias ganina (Pilsbry, 1910) = Popenaias semirasa
Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831)
Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)
Popenaias semirasa (Pilsbry, 1910)
Popenaias tehuantepecensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Nephronaias tehuantepecensis
Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
Potamilus metnecktayi Johnson, 1998
Potamilus rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) = Mesonaias explicata
Psoronaias distincta (Crosse & Fischer, 1893)
Psoronaias guatemalensis (Simpson, 1900)
Psoronaias herrerae (Marshall, 1923) = Psoronaias semigranosa
Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet, 1849) = Psoronaias crocodilorum
Psoronaias percompressa (Martens, 1887) = Psoronaias crocodilorum
Psoronaias profunda (Simpson, 1914) = Psoronaias crocodilorum
Psoronaias semigranosa (Philippi, 1843)
Psoronaias usumasintae (Crosse & Fischer, 1892) = Psoronaias crocodilorum
Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
Quadrula couchiana (I. Lea, 1860)
Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899
Sphaerium mexicanum Dall, 1905
Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Sphaerium triangulare (Say, 1829)
Sphenonaias colorata (Küster, 1856)
Sphenonaias liebmanni (Philippi, 1847)
Sphenonaias mexicana (Philippi, 1847)
Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) = Mesonaias explicata
Sphenonaias taumilapana (Conrad, 1855)
Truncilla cognata (Lea, 1860)
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)
Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
