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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Central America The region is inhabited by 0 species (0
genera) in two families:
Unionidae and
Mycetopodidae.
The sole subregion, Central America-Cuba (CA1; 0 gen., 0 spp., 0 endemic) includes Mexico south of the Rio Grande
to the Isthmus of Panama, as well as the Caribbean island of Cuba. The
fauna consists largely unioinid genera, and presumably those various
lineages had their origins in North
America, whereas the mycetopodids have extended north into the region
from South America. Endemic species are marked with an asterisk (*). Central America-Cuba (CA1)
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