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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini

genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927: species

1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Popenaias berezai Inoue, Cummings, Tiemann, Miller, Johnson, Smith & Randklev, 2020

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (116 + 88 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Soto la Marina, Pánuco, Carrizal, and Cazones drainages, Mexico. (Central America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Popenaias metallica

Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831)

syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (8)

Range: Known only from Lago de Chalco, Mexico. (Central America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (77 + 24 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Endemic to the Rio Grande Basin, Texas and Mexico. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1c
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Popenaias semirasa

Popenaias semirasa (Pilsbry, 1910)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (65 + 21 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Rio Panuco Basin, Mexico. (Central America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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