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Thu 3 September 2025

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 | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Mycetopodinae | Mycetopodella

species Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mycetopodella falcataGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)

Range

Upper Amazon and Orinoco (MUSSELpdb) basins of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, South America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Brazil

specimen
USNM_86788

Amazon

specimen
ZMB_MP_0129

Amazon

PUCRS_MCP_8541. Brazil: Acre: Brasiléia: (Amazon - Purus - Acre): rio Acre: Cachoeira do Bandeira: -10.93984 -69.25541

PUCRS_MCP_6122. Brazil: Acre: Rio Branco: (Amazon - Purus - Acre): rio Acre: -9.97829 -67.81944

INPA_1606. Brazil: Acre: Tarauaca


Colombia

specimen
FMNH_114099

Alto Rio Guayabero, Colombia

specimen
FMNH_114133

Alto Rio Guayabero, Colombia

specimen
SMF_166107

Alto Rio Guayabero, Colombia

specimen
DMNH_75140

Upper Amazon River, Colombia


Ecuador

MNCN 15.07/1. Rio Unuyacu, afluente de Napo (Ecuador)


Peru

specimen
MCZ_74218

Chyavetas, Upper Amazon

specimen
BMNH_68-4-3-6

Forest streams near Chyavetas, Upper Amazons [Brazil]

specimen
BMNH_68-4-3-6

Forest streams near Chyavetas, Upper Amazons [Brazil]

specimen
BMNH_MP_428

Peru

specimen
INHS_35129

Río Alto Yurúa (Río Amazon - Río Yurúa Dr.), above Brazilian border, just below mouth of quebrada, Ucayali, Peru, -9.43168, -72.74274

specimen
INHS_35119

Río Alto Yurúa (Río Amazon - Río Yurúa Dr.), between Breu and Victoria, Ucayali, Peru, -9.55585, -72.77500

specimen
INHS_35120

Río Huacapishtea (Río Amazon - Río Yurúa Dr.), above confluence with Río Yurúa, at rapids, Ucayali, Peru, -9.76861, -72.70327

specimen
FMNH_30070

Rio Neshuya, affluent of Rio Ucayali, Departmento de Loreto, Peru

specimen
AMNH_89225

Rio Neshuya, carret Pucallpa-Huanuco, km. 62

specimen
MUSM_MP_0017

Rio Purús, 9° 55.860' S, 70°, 53.239’ W, Peru

specimen
MUSM_MP_001

Rio Purús, just upstream Esperanza, Peru

specimen
AMNH_89119

Rio Ucayali, Peru

INPA_1366. Peru: Ucayali: (Amazon - Ucayali): rio Nishuya: Pucallpa: -8.28333 -75.05


unknown

specimen
UMMZ_112699

South America

specimen
ANSP_125403

Upper Amazon