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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 | Popenaias

species Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Popenaias metallica — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
— Inoue et al. (2020)

Range

Known only from Lago de Chalco, Mexico.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Mexico