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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849): specimens
6 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Cyrtonaias explicata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)
Cyrtonaias livida — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Czaja et al. (2023)

Range: Usumacinta River, Mexico and Guatemala.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Guatemala
SMF_3477 Río Chixoy, Nebemfld. Río Usumacinta, Guatemala	USNM_783045 Rio de la Pasion, Guatemala	SMF_3478 Rio Chixoy, Nebenfl. d. Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala
MNHN_MP_1297 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala	ZMB_39465 Rio de las Salinas, Guatemala	MNHN-IM-2000-1693 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala
USNM_128995 Rio Chixoy, Rompido, Peten, Guatemala	OSUM_18872 Rio de la Pasion, Peten, Guatemala	AMNH_140572 Rio de la Pasion, Treasure Island, Peten, Guatemala
UF_507903 Rio De La Pasion, 5.5 miles east of Sayaxche, El Peten Department, Guatemala 16.536339, -90.103900	BMNH_20190695 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala
Mexico
INHS_24861 Rio Usumacinta, Boca Lacantum, Chiapas, Mexico	ANSP_58916 Laguna de Atasta, nr. S.J. Bautista, Tabasco, Mex.	UF_164047 Rio San Pedro, 3 km N La Palma, Tabasco, Mexico.
UF_164060 Rio San Pedro, 3 km N La Palma, Tabasco, Mexico.	AMS_102123 small river, 3 mi SE Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico	AMS_102110 Rio Usumacinta, 5.5 mi SE Emillano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico
UF_164530 Rio San Pedro, 4 km N La Palma, Tabasco, Mexico	UF_190666 Rio Usumacinta, Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico	UF_190667 Rio Usumacinta, Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico
BMNH_93-2-4-2027 flumen Usumasinta, ad pagum Balancan Tabascensium [Mexico].	UF_507898 Usumacinta River, opposite of Emiliano Zapata. Tabasco, Mexico. 17.749685, -91.766995	MCZ_288418 small river, 3 mi SE Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico
USNM_160741 Rio Usumacinta, Monte Cristo, Tabasco, Mexico	MCZ_288415 3 mi SE Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico	SMF_12407 La Bola, Rio Lacantun, Nebenfl. d Rio Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico
SMF_12408 Rio Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico	SMF_12410 Mexico	SMF_12415 Rio de la Concordia, Nebenfl. d Rio Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico
ZMA_418019 Mexico

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Mexico

UF_507898 (2015-0720) (COI, 16S, 28S) Mexico, Tabasco, Usumacinta River, opposite Emiliano Zapata (17.749685, -91.766995)

UF_507898 (2015-0719) (COI, 16S, 28S) Mexico, Tabasco, Usumacinta River, opposite Emiliano Zapata (17.749685, -91.766995)

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