# Psoronaias

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Genus of bivalves

Psoronaias Shell of Psoronaias semigranosa (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification 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

***Psoronaias*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [freshwater mussels](/source/Freshwater_mussel), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the subfamily [Ambleminae](/source/Ambleminae) of the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels.[1]

## Species

- *[Psoronaias crocodilorum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_crocodilorum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (P.M.A. Morelet, 1849) (synonym: *Unio crocodillorum* P.M.A. Morelet, 1849)

- *[Psoronaias distincta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_distincta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)

- *[Psoronaias guatemalensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_guatemalensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Simpson, 1900)

- *[Psoronaias herrerae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_herrerae&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Marshall, 1923)

- *[Psoronaias kuxensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_kuxensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Frierson, 1917

- *[Psoronaias martensi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_martensi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Frierson, 1927

- *[Psoronaias ostreata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_ostreata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Morelet, 1849)

- *[Psoronaias percompressa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_percompressa&action=edit&redlink=1)* (E. von Martens, 1887)

- *[Psoronaias profunda](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_profunda&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Simpson, 1914)

- *[Psoronaias quadrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_quadrata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Simpson, 1914)

- *[Psoronaias salinarum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_salinarum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Haas, 1929)

- *[Psoronaias semigranosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_semigranosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Philippi, 1843)

- *[Psoronaias usumasintae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_usumasintae&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1893)

**Synonyms**

- *Psoronaias crocodilorum* (P.M.A. Morelet, 1849): synonym of *[Psoronaias semigranosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psoronaias_semigranosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Philippi, 1843)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0)** MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Psoronaias Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338087](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338087) on 2022-02-25

## 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](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32561855)

- [Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)](http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/)

Taxon identifiers Psoronaias Wikidata: Q31184952 CoL: 7PF4C GBIF: 4592874 iNaturalist: 746948 IRMNG: 1060306 ITIS: 983082 NCBI: 2508269 Open Tree of Life: 4161788 WoRMS: 1338087

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