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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini

genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

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

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

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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