Psoronaias

Psoronaias is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Ambleminae of the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Psoronaias
Shell of Psoronaias semigranosa (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Subfamily:	Ambleminae
Tribe:	Popenaiadini
Genus:	Psoronaias Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894
Type species
Unio psoricus Morelet, 1851
Synonyms
Unio (Psoronaias) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894

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 (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)

Synonyms

• Psoronaias crocodilorum (P.M.A. Morelet, 1849): synonym of Psoronaias semigranosa (Philippi, 1843)

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)