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 | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyriini

genus Prisodon Schumacher, 1817: species

5 available nominal genus synonyms (11 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

syonymy (10 available, 13 total) | specimens (156)

Range: Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru, north to Venezuela and the Guayanas. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Prisodon syrmatophorus

Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791)

syonymy (6 available, 14 total) | specimens (207)

Range: Northeastern South America, from the Orinoco and Guyana to the lower Amazon. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, COI, ITS1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase
 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."