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Thu 01 Jun 2023

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!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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genus Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820: valid species
     10 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Polymesoda altilis (Gould, 1852) (brackish)
3 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Mazatlan, Mexico. [Central America]

Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1854) (brackish)
3 synonyms
Range: Brackish, El Salvador to northern Peru. [Central America, South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854) (brackish)
7 synonyms
Range: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3 4 5 6 7.

Polymesoda boliviana (Philippi, 1851) (brackish)
3 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Panama to Ecuador. [Central America, South America]

Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) (brackish)
6 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic north to Virginia. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Polymesoda cordata (Martens, 1865) (brackish)
1 synonym
Range: Brackish, Mexico. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846) (brackish)
5 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Caribbean. [Central America, South America]
Genbank sequences: 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Polymesoda fontainei (d’Orbigny, 1846) (brackish)
5 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Ecuador. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3 4.

Polymesoda inflata (Philippi, 1851) (brackish)
13 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Brackish, Mexico south to Peru. [Central America, South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Polymesoda meridionalis (Prime, 1865) (brackish)
1 synonym
Range: Brackish, Peru. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) (brackish)
7 synonyms | 2 specimens
Range: Brackish, Pacific coast of Mexico. [Central America, North America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3.

Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1854) (brackish)
3 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Coast Rica south to northern Peru. [Central America, South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Polymesoda salmacida (Morelet, 1851) (brackish)
2 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Yucatan. [Central America]

Polymesoda solida (Philippi, 1846)
2 synonyms
Range: Venezuela and Colombia. [South America]

Polymesoda zuila H.B. Baker, 1930 (brackish)
1 synonym
Range: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. [South America]

Page updated: 08:50:07 Thu 01 Jun 2023

 
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