''Psoronaias'' 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
Ambleminae is a subfamily of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae. They are found throughout much of eastern North America south to Central America, although fossils are also known from Siberia. Some species have also been introduced to East ...
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 ...
, the river mussels.
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Species
* ''
Psoronaias crocodilorum''
(P.M.A. Morelet, 1849) (synonym: ''Unio crocodillorum''
P.M.A. Morelet, 1849)
* ''
Psoronaias distincta''
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)
* ''
Psoronaias guatemalensis''
(Simpson, 1900)
* ''
Psoronaias herrerae''
(Marshall, 1923)
* ''
Psoronaias kuxensis''
Frierson, 1917
* ''
Psoronaias martensi''
Frierson, 1927
* ''
Psoronaias ostreata''
(Morelet, 1849)
* ''
Psoronaias percompressa''
(E. von Martens, 1887)
* ''
Psoronaias profunda''
(Simpson, 1914)
* ''
Psoronaias quadrata''
(Simpson, 1914)
* ''
Psoronaias salinarum''
(Haas, 1929)
* ''
Psoronaias semigranosa''
(Philippi, 1843)
* ''
Psoronaias usumasintae
''Psoronaias'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Ambleminae of the family Unionidae, the river mussels.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Psoronaias Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894. Accesse ...
''
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)
;Synonyms:
* ''Psoronaias crocodilorum''
(P.M.A. Morelet, 1849): synonym of ''
Psoronaias semigranosa''
(Philippi, 1843)
References
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 Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
Unionidae
Bivalve genera
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