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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

specimens map of Mycetopodella falcata

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Brazil

image of lot USNM_86788
USNM_86788

Amazon

image of lot ZMB_MP_0129
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

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FMNH_114099

Alto Rio Guayabero, Colombia

image of lot FMNH_114133
FMNH_114133

Alto Rio Guayabero, Colombia

image of lot SMF_166107
SMF_166107

Alto Rio Guayabero, Colombia

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DMNH_75140

Upper Amazon River, Colombia


Ecuador

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


Peru

image of lot MCZ_74218
MCZ_74218

Chyavetas, Upper Amazon

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BMNH_68-4-3-6

Forest streams near Chyavetas, Upper Amazons [Brazil]

image of lot BMNH_68-4-3-6
BMNH_68-4-3-6

Forest streams near Chyavetas, Upper Amazons [Brazil]

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BMNH_MP_428

Peru

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INHS_35129

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

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INHS_35119

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

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INHS_35120

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

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FMNH_30070

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

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AMNH_89225

Rio Neshuya, carret Pucallpa-Huanuco, km. 62

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MUSM_MP_0017

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

image of lot MUSM_MP_001
MUSM_MP_001

Rio Purús, just upstream Esperanza, Peru

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AMNH_89119

Rio Ucayali, Peru

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


unknown

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UMMZ_112699

South America

image of lot ANSP_125403
ANSP_125403

Upper Amazon

Genbank Vouchers

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