Delphinonaias
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| A collection of D. delphinulus shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Lampsilini |
| Genus: | Delphinonaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894 |
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Unio (Delphinonaias) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 (original rank) | |
Delphinonaias is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Ambleminae of the family Unionidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Species in this freshwater genus are found in Guatemala.
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
- Morelet, A., 1849 - Testacea novissima insulae cubanae et americae centralis, Pars 1, p. 31 pp
External links
[edit]- 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 livraisons
- Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Mussels database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
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