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

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Publication Inoue et al. (2020): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Inoue, K., K.S. Cummings, J.S. Tiemann, T.D. Miller, N.A. Johnson et al. 2020. A new species of freshwater mussel in the genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927, from the Gulf coast rivers of central Mexico (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae) with comments on the genus. Zootaxa 4816(4): 457-490. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bogan & Hoeh, 2000. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 177: Table 1.
Hoeh et al., 2001. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecol. Evol. Unionoida: 260.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Malac. Review 31/32(2): 127.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Evolution 56(11): Table 1.
Roe & Hoeh, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 110.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): Appendix 1.
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): Table 1.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): Table 2.
Chapman et al., 2008. Malacologia 50(1-2): 306, Table 1.
Chapman et al., 2008. BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 11, Table 4.
Campbell et al., 2008. Molec. Ecol. Res. 8: Table 1.
Burlakova et al., 2012. Aquatic Biosystems 8(12): [suppl. 1].
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): Appendix 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2016. Conserv. Genet. 17(2): 281, Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 109, Table 2.
Smith et al., 2019. Systemat. Biodiv. 17(4): Table S1.
Burlakova et al., 2019. Malacologia 62(2): Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: Table 1.
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 460.
Smith et al., 2020. Cladistics 36: Table 1.
Freeman et al., 2025. Malacologia 67(1/2): 247, Table 2.

Popenaias berezai Inoue et al., 2020
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 464, figs. 5-7, 8A, 9A.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) CNMO_8037, Rio Valles (= Rio Micos), Estacion Micos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 22.11417, -99.16166.

Psoronaias semigranosa Pfeiffer et al., 2019
‘von dem Busch in Philippi’ of Authors.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 108.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 116.
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 460.
Smith et al., 2020. Cladistics 36: 507.
Freeman et al., 2025. Malacologia 67(1/2): 256, Table 1.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio callosus Lea, 1841

Amblema elliottii

Amblema neislerii

Amblema plicata

Cyrtonaias explicata = Mesonaias explicata

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Epioblasma triquetra

Glebula rotundata

Lampsilis cardium

Ligumia recta

Nephronaias ravistella (Morelet, 1849)
+ Unio veraepacis Tristram, 1863

Nephronaias rowellii (Lea, 1859)

Pachynaias spheniopsis

Popenaias berezai Inoue et al. n. sp.
+ Unio popeii Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Popenaias ganina (Pilsbry, 1910) = Popenaias semirasa
+ Lampsilis semirasa Pilsbry, 1910
+ Elliptio (Popenaias) popei var. regalis Haas, 1929

Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Popenaias tehuantepecensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Nephronaias tehuantepecensis

Potamilus alatus

Psoronaias semigranosa

Psorula guatemalensis = Psoronaias guatemalensis

Psorula percompressa = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psorula profunda = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psorula rudis = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psorula usumasintae = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Quadrula quadrula

Reginaia ebenus

Reginaia rotulata

Sphenonaias microdon = Mesonaias explicata

Truncilla truncata

Villosa iris = Cambarunio iris

 
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