MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Megalonaias nervosa specimens

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

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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 Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
14 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Megalonaias nervosa — Tiemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ..., Czaja et al. (2023), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Megalonaias boykiniana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Tritogonia nervosa — ITIS (2012)
Megalonaias gigantea — ITIS (2012)
M. nervosa — Marshall et al. (2018)

Range: Widespread in the Interior Basin and Gulf Coastal Plain, including the Ochlochonee of Florida, USA south into Mexico.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Guatemala
UF_507902 Rio De La Pasion, 5.5 miles east of Sayaxche, El Peten Department, Guatemala 16.536339, -90.103900	USNM_783054 Rio de la Pasion, Guatemala	USNM_783053 Rio de la Pasion, Guatemala
USNM_783056 Rio de la Pasion, Guatemala	USNM_783064 Rio de la Pasion, Guatemala
Mexico
USNM_83991 Sabinas R., Nuevo Leon, Mexico	INHS_89425 Rio Tempoal, Tempoal, Veracruz, Mexico	USNM_123293 Vera Cruz, Mexico
UF_270395 Nuevo Leon, Mexico	UF_270398 Veracruz, Mexico
USA
USNM_150554 Coosa Riv., St. Clair Co., Ala.	USNM_83903 Columbus, Georgia
USNM_592725 United States, New Mexico, Eddy County, Pecos River, Malaga Bend USNM_709225 United States, New Mexico, Eddy County, Pecos River, below McMillan Reservoir Dam

Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_439113 (MnerOhi057) (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S) USA, Ohio, Wood County, Ohio River, Buckley Island backchannel (39.391231, -81.420944)

UF_438300 (MnerGua025) (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S) USA, Texas, Guadalupe County, Lake Wood State Park - Guadalupe River - just below Lake Wood Dam ~80 m below spillway (29.46975, -97.49062)

UF_438512 (COI, 16S, 28S) USA, Florida, Santa Rosa County, Escambia River, about 0.3 mi above Chumuckla Springs boat ramp (30.82597, -87.29701)

UAUC_266 (COI, ND1) Coosa River, near Leesburg, downstream from mouth of Terrapin Ck., Cherokee Co., AL

Z_12423 (2015-0501) (COI, 16S, 28S)

NCSM_35123 (SRA)

ANSP_346111 (28S)

Page updated: 07:11:07 Thu 04 Apr 2024

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