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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!

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda

species Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Polymesoda arctata — WoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012), Czaja et al. (2023)
Neocyrena ordinaria — OBIS (2012)

Range

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.