MUSSELp

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

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 impuraGraf & 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 impuraCummings et al. (2025)

Range

Widely distribute in the central high plateau and Pacific drainages of Mexico.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Brachyanodon impura

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USNM_00.


Guatemala

image of lot SMF_13489
SMF_13489

Guatemala


Mexico

image of lot ZMB_MP_0212
ZMB_MP_0212

[no locality available - Central America - Mexico]

image of lot UF_34945
UF_34945

6.5 mi E Jocotepec, Hwy. 44, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot USNM_102219
USNM_102219

Ameca R., Guadlajara, Mexico

image of lot USNM_162333
USNM_162333

Ameca, W. Mexico

image of lot USNM_809461
USNM_809461

Buserias

image of lot OSUM_33550
OSUM_33550

Canal de Querendero [about 10-15 mi. N of Morelia] Rio Lerma - Laguna de Cuitzeo Dr.

image of lot UF_270326
UF_270326

Central Mexico

image of lot ZMB_MP_0131
ZMB_MP_0131

Chapala

image of lot USNM_149060
USNM_149060

Durango City Market, Mexico

image of lot USNM_149070
USNM_149070

Durango City Market, Mexico

image of lot UF_270325
UF_270325

Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

image of lot USNM_251832
USNM_251832

L. Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot MNHN_MP_0565
MNHN_MP_0565

Lac Chapala (Mexique)

image of lot MNHN_MP_1292
MNHN_MP_1292

Lac de Chapala

image of lot MNHN_MP_1292
MNHN_MP_1292

Lac de Chapala

image of lot MNHN_MP_1301
MNHN_MP_1301

Lac de Chapala

image of lot MNHN_MP_1302
MNHN_MP_1302

Lac de Chapala

image of lot USNM_126739
USNM_126739

Laguna de Cuitzeo, Mexico

image of lot TMYERS_006
TMYERS_006

Laguna de Zacapu, Pacific Ocean - Rio Grande de Santiago - Lago de Chapala - Lerma - Angulo, Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexico

image of lot USNM_37257
USNM_37257

Lake Almeja, Mex.

image of lot FMNH_11640
FMNH_11640

Lake Chapala, at La Palma, state Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot USNM_102220
USNM_102220

Lake Chapala, Guadlajara, Mexico

image of lot USNM_102221
USNM_102221

Lake Chapala, Guadlajara, Mexico

image of lot FMNH_126285
FMNH_126285

Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot FMNH_126285
FMNH_126285

Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot UF_444988
UF_444988

Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot UF_466288
UF_466288

Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot USNM_801972
USNM_801972

Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. N shore, W of Chapala

image of lot USNM_809193
USNM_809193

Lake Chapala, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot FMNH_11647
FMNH_11647

Lake Lagos, near Jalisco, Rio Verde Syst., Mexico

image of lot FMNH_11647
FMNH_11647

Lake Lagos, near Jalisco, Rio Verde Syst., Mexico

image of lot USNM_853956
USNM_853956

Lake of Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot OSUM_44346
OSUM_44346

Lake Pátzcuaro, E end, Rio Balsas Dr.

image of lot OSUM_44346
OSUM_44346

Lake Pátzcuaro, E end, Rio Balsas Dr.

image of lot USNM_86730
USNM_86730

Mexico

image of lot USNM_86730
USNM_86730

Mexico

image of lot MNHN-IM-2000-1656
MNHN-IM-2000-1656

Mexique, Lac de Chalco

image of lot MNHN-IM-2000-1656
MNHN-IM-2000-1656

Mexique, Lac de Chalco

image of lot MNHN-IM-2000-1657
MNHN-IM-2000-1657

Mexique, Lac de Tchapala

image of lot MNHN-IM-2000-1657
MNHN-IM-2000-1657

Mexique, Lac de Tchapala

image of lot USNM_117951
USNM_117951

Oaxaca ?, Mexico

image of lot USNM_109282
USNM_109282

Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot USNM_109282
USNM_109282

Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot USNM_109282
USNM_109282

Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot USNM_251831
USNM_251831

Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot MCZ_6808
MCZ_6808

Rio Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot UF_270330
UF_270330

Rio Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot ZMB_108856
ZMB_108856

Rio Ameca, Prov. Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot SMF_13488
SMF_13488

Rio Ameca, Staat, Jalisco, Mexiko

image of lot FMNH_11577
FMNH_11577

Rio Lerma, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

image of lot FMNH_11648
FMNH_11648

Rio Lerma, W of Queretaro, Rio Grande de Santiago Syst., Mexico

image of lot USNM_134837
USNM_134837

Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico

image of lot FMNH_11631
FMNH_11631

Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

image of lot ZMB_MP_0191
ZMB_MP_0191

Vera Cruz, Mexico

image of lot AMNH_139091
AMNH_139091

Xochimilco, Mexico

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

image of lot ZMB_MP_0146
ZMB_MP_0146

[no locality available - Central America]

image of lot ZMB_MP_0146
ZMB_MP_0146

[no locality available - Central America]

image of lot ZMB_MP_0186
ZMB_MP_0186

[no locality available - Central America]

Genbank Vouchers

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