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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae genus Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820: species
9 available nominal genus synonyms (10 total synonyms) | cladomics Polymesoda exquisita (Prime, 1867)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Rio Chepo, Panama. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase |  Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Venezuela and Colombia, north to Central America. (Central America, South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda aequilatera (Deshayes, 1855) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Marine, South America.
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855) (brackish)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, El Salvador to northern Peru. (Central America, South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855) (brackish)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. (South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 6 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic north to Virginia. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846) (brackish)
syonymy (7 available, 7 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Brackish, Caribbean. (Central America, South America)
Genbank sequences: 28S, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda fontainei (d’Orbigny, 1846) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Ecuador. (South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda inflata (Philippi, 1851) (brackish)
syonymy (11 available, 13 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Brackish, Mexico south to Peru. (Central America, South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda meridionalis (Prime, 1865) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Peru. (South America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) (brackish)
syonymy (7 available, 9 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Brackish, Pacific coast of Mexico. (North America, Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022 (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
| Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (brackish)
syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Coast Rica south to northern Peru. (Central America, South America)
other links: MolluscaBase | Polymesoda obscura (Prime, 1860) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase |  Polymesoda ordinaria (Prime, 1865) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Marine, Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda placens (Hanley, 1844) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Central America. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1844) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Central America. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase
| Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch in Philippi, 1848) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase | Polymesoda tribunalis (Prime, 1870) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Panama to Ecuador. (Central America, South America)
other links: MolluscaBase |
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