''Delphinonaias'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
freshwater mussel
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves.
The majority of species of bivalve molluscs ...
s,
aquatic bivalve mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the subfamily Ambleminae of the family
Unionidae
The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most divers ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Delphinonaias Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1334741 on 2020-10-18]
Distribution
Species in this freshwater genus are found in
Guatemala.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cyrtonaias'' include:
* ''
Delphinonaias largillierti''
(Philippi, 1847)
* ''
Delphinonaias scutulata''
(Morelet, 1849)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Delphinonaias delphinula''
(Morelet, 1849): synonym of ''Delphinonaias largillierti''
(Philippi, 1847) (a junior synonym)
References
* Morelet, A., 1849 - Testacea novissima insulae cubanae et americae centralis, Pars 1, p. 31 pp
External links
Fischer P. & Crosse H. (1870-1902). Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques, Partie 7 Volume 1: 702 pp., pls 1-31; volume 2: 731 pp., pls 32-72. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Published in 17 livraisonsGraf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Mussels database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)MNHN, Paris: syntype
Unionidae
Bivalve genera
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