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
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Brachyanodon
species Brachyanodon impura (Say, 1829): specimens
9 available nominal species synonyms (12 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Anodonta impura — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Anodonta impure [sic] — Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)
Brachyanodon impura — Cummings et al. (2025)
Range
Widely distribute in the central high plateau and Pacific drainages of Mexico.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
USNM_00.
Guatemala
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USNM_858075. Chapala Lake, Jalisco, Mexico
COMA_B.0186. Lago de Chapala, Jalisco, México
COMA_B.0391. Lago Zirahuén, Michoacán, México
COMA_B.0111. Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México
unknown
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Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.