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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini

genus Cyrtonaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: species
     2 available nominal genus synonyms (3 total synonyms) | cladomics

Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849)
syonymy (2 available, 6 total) | specimens (33 + 2 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Usumacinta River, Mexico and Guatemala. (Central America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Cyrtonaias sapperi (Ihering, 1901)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (7 available, 11 total) | specimens (168 + 16 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Southern Texas to Honduras. (North America, Central America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, other, SRA
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Cyrtonaias umbrosa (Lea, 1856)
syonymy (5 available, 7 total) | specimens (65)
Range: Vera Cruz, Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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