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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 | Popenaiadini

genus Nephronaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: species
     4 available nominal genus synonyms (8 total synonyms) | cladomics

Nephronaias aeruginosa (Morelet, 1849)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (14)
Range: Southern Mexico to northern Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias aztecorum (Philippi, 1847)
syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (79)
Range: Southern Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias calamitarum (Morelet, 1849)
syonymy (5 available, 12 total) | specimens (45)
Range: Southern Mexico to northern Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias championi (Martens, 1900)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias copanensis (Martens, 1900)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (8)
Range: Guatemala and Honduras. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias dysonii (Lea, 1859)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (80)
Range: Honduras and possibly Costa Rica. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias goascoranensis (Lea, 1858)
syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (20)
Range: Southern Mexico to Nicaragua. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias gundlachi (Dunker, 1858)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (69)
Range: Cuba. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias hermanni (Haas, 1929)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Tabasco, Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias hjalmarsoni (Dunker, 1858)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (9)
Range: Honduras. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias lempensis Marshall, 1926
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)
Range: El Salvador. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias macnielii (Lea, 1869)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (30)
Range: Nicaragua north to Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Distribution uncertain, but probably Mexico or Central America. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias oregonensis (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Nicaragua and Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias plicatula (Küster, 1856)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Mexico to Honduras. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias ravistella (Morelet, 1849)
syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (67)
Range: Mexico to Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias rowellii (Lea, 1859)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (60)
Range: Guatemala and Nicaragua; reported south to Colombia. (Central America)

Nephronaias rugulosa (Küster, 1856)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Distribution uncertain, but probably Mexico or Central America. (Central America)

Nephronaias sajensis (Frierson, 1927)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849)
syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (117)
Range: Cuba. (Central America)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias sphenorhyncha (Crosse & Fischer, 1893)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (28)
Range: Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (5)
Range: Mexico to Honduras. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias tempisquensis Pilsbry, 1920
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (9)
Range: Costa Rica. (Central America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, COII
other links: MolluscaBase

Nephronaias yzabalensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1892)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (14)
Range: Guatemala. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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