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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 Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet, 1849): specimens
1 nominal species

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Pachynaias spheniopsis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Inoue et al. (2020), Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)

Range: Northern Guatemala to southern Mexico.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Guatemala
SMF_12777 Guatemala	SMF_12783 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala	MCZ_99322 Pasion River, above Tres Islas, Dept. Peten, Guatemala
USNM_783042 Rio de la Pasion, Santa Amelia, Peten, Guatemala	USNM_783043 Rio de la Pasion, Santa Amelia, Peten, Guatemala	USNM_783044 Rio de la Pasion, Santa Amelia, Peten, Guatemala
MCZ_MP_295 3 mi above mouth Rio Santa Amelia, Peten, Guatemala	USNM_128982 Guatemala	USNM_783060 Rio de la Pasion, Santa Amelia, Peten, Guatemala
USNM_128985 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala	MNHN-IM-2000-1791 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala	USNM_128990 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala
BMNH_93-2-4-2028 flumen Usumacinta, Guatemala	ANSP_177257 Pasion R., rapids above Tres Islas, Dept. Peten, Guatemala	OSUM_18869 Santa Amelia, [above mouth Santa Amelia River] Chixoy basin
ZMB_108850 Rio Salinas, Guatemala	UF_507904 Rio De La Pasion, 5.5 miles east of Sayaxche, El Peten Department, Guatemala 16.536339, -90.103900	MCZ_293590 Usumacinta River, Yaxchilan, 106 mi downstream from Sayache, Mexico
SMF_12776 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala
BMNH_93-2-4-2029 Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala
Mexico
AMS_102116 Rio Usumacinta, Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico	UF_164069 Rio San Pedro, 3 km N La Palma, Tabasco, Mexico	UF_164070 Rio San Pedro, 3 km N La Palma, Tabasco, Mexico
UF_190665 Rio Usumacinta, Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico	UF_270397 Grijalva River, Mexico	UF_507900 Usumacinta River, opposite of Emiliano Zapata. Tabasco, Mexico. 17.749685, -91.766995
MCZ_288419 Rio Usumacinta, Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico	USNM_161477 Monte Cristo, Tabasco, Mexico	USNM_178659 Rio Usumacinta, Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico
unknown
SMF_3474 Central America	USNM_84392 Central America

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Mexico

UF_507900 (2015-0721) (COI, 16S, 28S) Mexico, Tabasco, Usumacinta River, opposite Emiliano Zapata (17.749685, -91.766995)

UF_507900 (SRA) Mexico, Tabasco, Usumacinta River, opposite Emiliano Zapata (17.749685, -91.766995)

Z_12470 (2018-0553) (COI, 16S, 28S)

Page updated: 10:24:43 Fri 30 May 2025

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